Goodspeed, M. Hill.

Summary: A year-by-year summary of naval activity from 1775 to the present covers a wide range of actions during both war and peacetime, chronicling the technological advances and compelling stories that make the U.S. Navy such a fascinating subject.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 2003

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Rickloff, Alix

Summary: "1918: America is at war with Germany, and, for the first time in history, the US Navy has allowed women to join up alongside the men. Ten thousand of them rush to do their part. German-American Marjory Kunwald enlists in the Navy to prove her patriotism. Suffragette Blanche Lawrence to prove that women are the equal of men. And shy preacher's daughter Viv Weston in a desperate attempt to hide...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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O'Donnell, Patrick K.

Summary: "The rich history of SEAL Team 6 that captured Osama bin Laden stretches back to World War II when US intelligence officials formed a team of special-operation combat swimmers. Under the leadership of Captain Jack Taylor, a California dentist, the Maritime Unit (MU) started training in 1942, learning underwater and covert operation techniques, as it developed an array of James Bond-like new...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Jones, Brent E.

Summary: "An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named after her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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Green, Michael

Summary: In 1900, the US Navy took its first submarine, the Holland VI, into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed eighty-two tons, and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to seventy-five feet. Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarines that entered service in 1981. Weighing 21,000 tons with a crew of 155, its underwater speed is estimated at...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Maritime 2019

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Snow, Richard

Summary: "On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harmless exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie came ashore saying he had narrowly prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023

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McPherson, James M.

Summary: Recounts the naval campaigns of the Civil War, discussing the daring and innovation of the Confederate navy in sinking Union ships, and the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast and victories in some of the war's most strategic battles.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2012

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Borneman, Walter R.

Summary: Evaluates the pivotal contributions of history's only five-star admirals and how their triumphs in World War II rendered the United States the world's dominant sea power.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012

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Cunningham, Chet.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005

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Summary: "Combat at Close Quarters presents the work of five renowned historians who describe and interpret the U.S. Navy's major combat operations in Southeast Asia, including the Rolling Thunder and Linebacker strikes against North Vietnam, the river war in South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, and the intelligence campaign. Over 200 images drawn from Navy archives and private collections, detailed maps, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2018

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Hornfischer, James D.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011

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Summary: Plunge headlong into the great battles and meet the heroes that have shaped the armed forces. With a combination of government documents, combat footage and extensive interviews, this set tells the story of all five branches of the military.

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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005

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Hornfischer, James D.

Summary: "A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide This landmark account of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Holdthe Sea, combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on--and under--the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2022

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Thomas, Evan

Summary: An account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is told through the commands of four naval leaders, including two American commanders and two Japanese admirals, and offers insight into how the war reflected profound cultural differences.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006

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Gordon, John

Summary: "As the only single-volume work to offer a full account of Navy and Marine Corps actions in the Philippines during World War II, this book provides a unique source of information on the early part of the war. It is filled with never-before-published details about the fighting, based on a rich collection of American and newly discovered Japanese sources, and includes a revealing discussion of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2011

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Easterbrook, Gregg

Summary: "The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a new era. What will happen if the US does not keep spending resources on improving trade between other...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021

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Daughan, George C.

Contents: Roots of war -- Free trade and sailors' rights -- Jefferson's embargo and the slide toward war -- Madison's strategy -- The United States declares war -- Blue-water victories -- The Constitution and the Guerriere -- Ripe apples and bitter fruit: the Canadian invasion -- Canadian disasters accumulate -- More blue-water victories -- The Constitution and the Java -- A sea change -- Napoleon and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011

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Lizzio, Kenneth P.

Summary: "An abolitionist and a spy, father and son, in the forgotten Western theater of the Civil War. The abolitionist legacies of Orville Brown and his son, Spencer, live on in this historic and daring 19th-century account. Journeying apart from each other, butwith similar passion, Orville and Spencer's stories span virtually every major abolitionist event: from the battles of Bleeding Kansas and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2020

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Symonds, Craig L.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008

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Hoyt, Edwin Palmer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paragon House 1993

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Howarth, Stephen.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1999

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Jenkins, Mark

Summary: A visual history of the War of 1812 includes hundreds of photographs and illustrations, original and contemporary maps, historic documents, letters, ephemera, and artifacts.

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2012

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Summary: Plunge headlong into the great battles and meet the heroes that have shaped the armed forces. With a combination of government documents, combat footage and extensive interviews, this set tells the story of all five branches of the military.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005

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