Shipwreck! the Royal Navy's Disasters at Sea 1793-1849
ISBN: 9781846774027 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Those in peril on the waves
Few purchasers of this book will find themselves disappointed by its contents. It concerns naval disasters and, appalling as many of them are, they make compulsive reading. Shipwreck was no rare occurrence during the great age of sail and it came in many terrible forms exacerbated-during the long wars with France-by the intervention of an enemy. Britannia ruled the waves, so these incidents unfold in the freezing waters of the North Sea to the ice locked Polar regions and the steaming tropics of the Malay Peninsula. Brave ships came to grief in squalls, in... Those in peril on the waves
Few purchasers of this book will find themselves disappointed by its contents. It concerns naval disasters and, appall... |
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150,93 zł |
King's Cutters and Smugglers: 1700-1855
ISBN: 9781846774089 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The hunters and the hunted on the high seas
This book is-quite simply-the definitive work on a unique period of maritime history-from the beginning of the eighteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century when British seamen risked all to smuggle valuable goods from wool to tea and spirits from and to the Continent. These were ruthless men operating in large gangs, manning substantial, heavily armed vessels, who were not reticent when it came to attacking the Kings Cutters, storming Customs Houses, occupying towns, terrorising communities and committing murder and torture whenever they... The hunters and the hunted on the high seas
This book is-quite simply-the definitive work on a unique period of maritime history-from the beginnin... |
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150,93 zł |
United States Navy: Current Issues & Background
ISBN: 9781590336618 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the burning issues facing today's Navy and Congress. Although rapid progress in aircraft and bombing technology has caused some to question the viability of naval warfare, the role of the navy has actually grown. The Navy is able to move an astonishing amount of firepower to any corner of the globe and once there, project formidable threats or punishing misery on an opposing power. The navy has shown that it can adapt to a new world. The book also includes an important history of the US Navy. Contents: Preface: Unmanned Vehicles for US Naval Forces: Background; Navy LHD-8...
This book examines the burning issues facing today's Navy and Congress. Although rapid progress in aircraft and bombing technology has caused some to ...
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361,64 zł |
Battleship Oklahoma Bb-37
ISBN: 9780806139173 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Returning to Pearl Harbor to revisit the fate of a ship and it's crew
Returning to Pearl Harbor to revisit the fate of a ship and it's crew
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188,57 zł |
Battleship Oklahoma: Bb-37
ISBN: 9780806139364 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Returning to Pearl Harbor to revisit the fate of a ship and it's crew
Returning to Pearl Harbor to revisit the fate of a ship and it's crew
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95,41 zł |
Tudor Warships (2): Elizabeth I's Navy
ISBN: 9781846032523 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his second volume on the Tudor Navy, naval expert Angus Konstam covers the extraordinary transformation of the Tudor fleet during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. This period witnessed the birth of a whole new breed of warships designed to dominate the seas and expand the corners of the Empire. Detailing warfare during the age of Sea Dogs, such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh, and the landmark event of the Spanish Armada, he explains the technological innovations that allowed this small but efficient navy to defeat the larger Spanish fleet. Packed with new research,... In his second volume on the Tudor Navy, naval expert Angus Konstam covers the extraordinary transformation of the Tudor fleet during the reign of Q... |
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70,65 zł |
U-Boat War 1914-1918: Two Contrasting Accounts from Both Sides of the Conflict at Sea During the Great War---The U-Boat Hunters & The Diary
ISBN: 9781846774584 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The hunters and the hunted on the high seas of war
This interesting book-containing two book length accounts-views the same conflict-the U-Boat War during the First World War in the North Atlantic, North Sea and English Channel-from both sides. The first, The U-Boat Hunters was written by a professional journalist reporting for Colliers Magazine as he accompanied the United States destroyer force in the final year of the war. The second account, The Diary of a U-Boat Commander, is an interesting insight into the world of a Kreigsmarine officer on active service. It is a traumatic story of... The hunters and the hunted on the high seas of war
This interesting book-containing two book length accounts-views the same conflict-the U-Boat Wa... |
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141,19 zł |
The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament 1942-1947
ISBN: 9780714648231 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the bitter lessons of German self-disarmament in 1919, Britain was far more alert and focused when it came to overseeing the disarmament of Germany's naval forces after World War II. This book shows how well-prepared the British were second time around.
After the bitter lessons of German self-disarmament in 1919, Britain was far more alert and focused when it came to overseeing the disarmament of Germ...
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775,06 zł |
The Merchant Marine in International Affairs, 1850-1950
ISBN: 9780714649184 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merchant navies are more than simply freight-hauling services. They represent economic and industrial strength and are important adjuncts to a nation's navy, providing material support as well as a supply of trained manpower. This study revises the definition of maritime power through a more comprehensive understanding and appreciation for the roles played by the merchant marine of a nation.
Merchant navies are more than simply freight-hauling services. They represent economic and industrial strength and are important adjuncts to a nation'...
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775,06 zł |
The Royal Navy 1930-1990: Innovation and Defense
ISBN: 9780714685816 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s through to the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990.
This book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s through to the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990...
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247,97 zł |
Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830
ISBN: 9781857284775 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century and The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815, this book serves as a single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals.
From the author of Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century and The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815, this book serves as a single-volume ...
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697,56 zł |
Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830
ISBN: 9781857284782 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815," this book serves as a single- volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals.
From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815," this book serves as a single- vo...
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196,30 zł |
Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom
ISBN: 9780415770828 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first scholarly book examining naval coalition warfare over the past two centuries from a multi-national perspective. Containing case studies by some of the foremost naval historians from the US, Great Britain, and Australia, it also examines the impact of international law on coalitions. Together these collected essays comprise a comprehensive examination of the most important naval coalitions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters are arranged chronologically, beginning with the Napoleonic Wars, and ending with the second Gulf War, and each makes use of... This is the first scholarly book examining naval coalition warfare over the past two centuries from a multi-national perspective. Containin... |
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930,07 zł |
Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
ISBN: 9780415449366 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century.
This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological c...
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278,96 zł |
Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy: India, Iraq and Israel
ISBN: 9780714685823 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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175,62 zł |
The Voyage of H. M. S. Bounty: the True Story of an 18th Century Voyage of Exploration and Mutiny
ISBN: 9781846774911 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A timeless story of the Royal Navy
The story of Captain Bligh, the quest for breadfruit and the mutiny is perhaps one of the most famous concerning the Royal Navy in the great days of sail. Much of this can be attributed to the several motion pictures made of the story. Predictably, fact was far from fiction. This book-written by Captain Bligh himself-reveals a fine and able officer, well regarded by peers and superiors, who set about a difficult task that led ultimately to the infamous ordeal of mutiny within his crew. As Fletcher Christian and the mutineers took his vessel and returned... A timeless story of the Royal Navy
The story of Captain Bligh, the quest for breadfruit and the mutiny is perhaps one of the most famous concernin... |
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77,90 zł |
The Voyage of H. M. S. Bounty: the True Story of an 18th Century Voyage of Exploration and Mutiny
ISBN: 9781846774928 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A timeless story of the Royal Navy
The story of Captain Bligh, the quest for breadfruit and the mutiny is perhaps one of the most famous concerning the Royal Navy in the great days of sail. Much of this can be attributed to the several motion pictures made of the story. Predictably, fact was far from fiction. This book-written by Captain Bligh himself-reveals a fine and able officer, well regarded by peers and superiors, who set about a difficult task that led ultimately to the infamous ordeal of mutiny within his crew. As Fletcher Christian and the mutineers took his vessel and returned... A timeless story of the Royal Navy
The story of Captain Bligh, the quest for breadfruit and the mutiny is perhaps one of the most famous concernin... |
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136,32 zł |
British Naval Personalties
ISBN: 9780755204205 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Commencing with Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, this book consists of single pages of biography of 398 figures, all of whom, have at some point played a role in Britain's naval history. This study highlights the means by which they are remembered. Great Britain's landscape offers all manner of memorials and the forms touched on include: literal statuary in marble and bronze, portrait busts, church bells, locomotives, stained glass windows, obelisks, plaques, an enormous number of geographical features, schools, wildlife, public houses and even a number of craters on the moon. The...
Commencing with Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, this book consists of single pages of biography of 398 figures, all of whom, have at some point p...
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150,87 zł |
The First Sea Lords: From Fisher to Mountbatten
ISBN: 9780275942311 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of essays is designed to fill an existing gap in the literature devoted to modern British naval history by providing a scholarly analysis of the First Sea Lords from the time of Admiral Fisher to that of Earl Mountbatten. Apart from assessing the role and performance in office of the individual First Sea Lords from the time of the Entente Cordiale in 1904 to the heyday of the Macmillan premiership in 1959, this book also reveals the extent of the influence each of these experienced sailor-administrators exerted upon British naval policy-making in the 20th century. Strongly... This volume of essays is designed to fill an existing gap in the literature devoted to modern British naval history by providing a scholarly analys... |
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315,46 zł |
In the Shadow of the Battleship: Considering the Cruisers of World War II
ISBN: 9781934840528 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Participating in almost every major sea battle in World War II, cruisers found themselves pressed into a myriad of roles. They escorted battle lines, guarded convoys, patrolled oceans--even acted as mini-battleships, going toe-to-toe with dreadnoughts three times their size. Their duties ranged from the tedious but necessary to the desperate and deadly, yet history has given them little attention. In the Shadow of the Battleship gives these ships their due, with essays to explain the lineage and quirks that made cruisers what they were--the cornerstone of maritime supremacy.
Participating in almost every major sea battle in World War II, cruisers found themselves pressed into a myriad of roles. They escorted battle lines, ...
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131,41 zł |