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Salty Dips Volume 11 - Some things pass. Some things change. Some just stay the same. (Hardcover): Naval Association of Canada... Salty Dips Volume 11 - Some things pass. Some things change. Some just stay the same. (Hardcover)
Naval Association of Canada - Ottawa Bra
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
In the Shadow of the Battleship - Considering the Cruisers of World War II (Hardcover): Richard Worth In the Shadow of the Battleship - Considering the Cruisers of World War II (Hardcover)
Richard Worth
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Revolt of the Potemkin - the Naval Revolt of 1905 Which Heralded the Russian Revolution (Hardcover): Constantine Feldmann The Revolt of the Potemkin - the Naval Revolt of 1905 Which Heralded the Russian Revolution (Hardcover)
Constantine Feldmann
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Record of Proceedings of SCORPION Inquiry - And Miscellaneous Other Documents (Hardcover): U. S. Navy Record of Proceedings of SCORPION Inquiry - And Miscellaneous Other Documents (Hardcover)
U. S. Navy
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naval Minewarfare - Politics to Practicalities (Hardcover): Chris O'flaherty Naval Minewarfare - Politics to Practicalities (Hardcover)
Chris O'flaherty
R1,432 Discovery Miles 14 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Naval mines are pernicious weapons of debated legality and fearsome reputation. Since World War II over 18,400 of these ingenious devices have been deployed during 24 naval mining events, seriously damaging or sinking over 100 ships including 44 warships. Despite this sustained drumbeat of use both in attack and in defence, there were no modern books that examine this `Weapon That Waits'. Naval Minewarfare: Politics to Practicalities is a comprehensive guide to modern naval minewarfare. From explaining the basic tenets of both naval mining and naval mine countermeasures, then examining the modern history of naval mining, through to the legal, political and statecraft factors that should underpin any decisions to employ naval mines, this detailed analysis provides a contemporary view of how this weapon is used as part of a military or insurgent campaign. Focussing on both the psychological warhead in every mine as well as naval mining's lethal effects, it contains a wealth of invaluable information and explanation all carefully scripted to enlighten military historians and inform international strategists. The inclusion of an Annex of mitigations against mining specifically designed for use by civilian ships, their owners and also port authorities makes this an outstanding primary reference for politicians through to practitioners of both military and civilian elements of conflicts that involve naval mines.

Dark Navy - The Italian Regia Marina and the Armistice of 8 September 1943 (Hardcover): Vincent O'Hara, Enrico Cernuschi Dark Navy - The Italian Regia Marina and the Armistice of 8 September 1943 (Hardcover)
Vincent O'Hara, Enrico Cernuschi; Foreword by Jean Hood
R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The English Armada - The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History (Hardcover, HPOD): Luis Gorrochategui Santos The English Armada - The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History (Hardcover, HPOD)
Luis Gorrochategui Santos
R3,905 Discovery Miles 39 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history's worst naval catastrophes took place. A great deal of attention has been dedicated to the former and precious little to the latter. This book presents a full-scale account of an event which has been neglected for more than four centuries. It reconstructs the military operations day by day for the first time, taking apart the established notion that, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England achieved maritime supremacy and the decay of Spain began. This book clearly and in a rigorously documented fashion shows how the defeat of the English Armada counterbalanced that of the Spanish, frustrating England's intention of seizing Philip II's American empire and changing the tide of the war.

A Pirate's Life in the Golden Age of Piracy (Hardcover): Robert Jacob A Pirate's Life in the Golden Age of Piracy (Hardcover)
Robert Jacob; Edited by Philip S Marks; Illustrated by Ginger Marks
R1,170 Discovery Miles 11 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Cyprus to Lepanto - History of the Events, Which Occurred from the Beginning of the War Brought against the Venetians by... From Cyprus to Lepanto - History of the Events, Which Occurred from the Beginning of the War Brought against the Venetians by Selim the Ottoman, to the Day of the Great and Victorious Battle against the Turks (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Giovanni Pietro Contarini; Edited by Kiril Petkov; Translated by Kiril Petkov
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fortune Favors Boldness - The Story of Naval Valor During Operation Iraqi Freedom (Hardcover, Hardback Ed.): Barry M. Costello Fortune Favors Boldness - The Story of Naval Valor During Operation Iraqi Freedom (Hardcover, Hardback Ed.)
Barry M. Costello; Foreword by Timothy J Keating
R906 Discovery Miles 9 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill - An Inconceivable Story of Brave Men Battling Raging Fires and... Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill - An Inconceivable Story of Brave Men Battling Raging Fires and High-Order Explosions to Save Their Shipmates and the World'S First Super Aircraft Carrier (Hardcover)
Kenneth V Killmeyer
R1,459 Discovery Miles 14 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Goeben & the Breslau - the Imperial German Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-The Flight of the Goeben and Breslau... The Goeben & the Breslau - the Imperial German Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-The Flight of the Goeben and Breslau (Hardcover)
A Berkeley Milne
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Selling Sea Power - Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 (Hardcover): Ryan D Wadle Selling Sea Power - Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 (Hardcover)
Ryan D Wadle
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The accepted narrative of the interwar U.S. Navy is one of transformation from a battle-centric force into a force that could fight on the ""three planes"" of war: in the skies, on the water, and under the waves. The political and cultural tumult that accompanied this transformation is another story. Ryan D. Wadle's Selling Sea Power explores this little-known but critically important aspect of naval history. After World War I, the U.S. Navy faced numerous challenges: a call for naval arms limitation, the ascendancy of air power, and budgetary constraints exacerbated by the Great Depression. Selling Sea Power tells the story of how the navy met these challenges by engaging in protracted public relations campaigns at a time when the means and methods of reaching the American public were undergoing dramatic shifts. While printed media continued to thrive, the rapidly growing film and radio industries presented new means by which the navy could connect with politicians and the public. Deftly capturing the institutional nuances and the personalities in play, Wadle tracks the U.S. Navy's at first awkward but ultimately successful manipulation of mass media. At the same time, he analyzes what the public could actually see of the service in the variety of media available to them, including visual examples from progressively more sophisticated - and effective - public relations campaigns. Integrating military policy and strategy with the history of American culture and politics, Selling Sea Power offers a unique look at the complex links between the evolution of the art and industry of persuasion and the growth of the modern U.S. Navy, as well as the connections between the workings of communications and public relations and the command of military and political power.

Dunkirk Operation Dynamo - 26th May - 4th June 1940 An Epic of Gallantry (Hardcover): M.J. Pearce Dunkirk Operation Dynamo - 26th May - 4th June 1940 An Epic of Gallantry (Hardcover)
M.J. Pearce; Foreword by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent
R1,105 Discovery Miles 11 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Belgium and northern France through the port of Dunkirk and across adjacent beaches is rightly regarded as one of the most significant episodes in the nation's long history, although Winston Churchill sagely cautioned in Parliament on 4th June that the country "must be careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations". Nevertheless, the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation "Dynamo", was a victory and, like many others before it, it was a victory of sea power. The Royal Navy achieved what it set out to do, despite grievous losses, in the teeth of determined opposition. It denied an aggressive and ruthless continental power a potentially war-winning total victory that could have changed the direction of civilization for generations to come. The loss of the main British field army would have enfeebled the nation militarily and psychologically, prompting political upheaval, potentially resulting in a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany on unfavourable terms dictated by Adolf Hitler. The undeniable success of the evacuation was certainly a crucial naval and military achievement but its positive effect on the nation's morale was just as important, instilling confidence in the eventual outcome of the war, whatever the immediate future might hold, and creating optimism in the face of adversity that added "the Dunkirk spirit" to the English language. This edition of Dunkirk, Operation "Dynamo" 26th May - 4th June 1940, An Epic of Gallantry, publishes the now declassified Battle Summary No 41, a document once classified as 'Restricted' and produced in small numbers only for official government purposes. This Summary, The Evacuation from Dunkirk, lodged in the archive at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, is one of the very few surviving copies in existence and records events in minute detail, being written soon after the evacuation using the words of the naval officers involved. This makes it a unique record and a primary source for the history of Operation "Dynamo" from mid-May 1940 until its conclusion on 4th June. The original document has been supplemented in this title by a Foreword written by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, formerly the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, whose father commanded one of the destroyers sunk off Dunkirk when rescuing troops. In addition, there is a modern historical introduction and commentary, putting the evacuation into context and this edition is enhanced by the inclusion of a large number of previously unpublished photographs of the beaches, town, and harbour of Dunkirk taken immediately after the conclusion of the operation, together with others illustrating many of the ships that took part. Britannia Naval Histories of World War II - an important source in understanding the critical naval actions of the period.

Matthew Calbraith Perry - A Typical American Naval Officer (Hardcover): William Elliot Griffis Matthew Calbraith Perry - A Typical American Naval Officer (Hardcover)
William Elliot Griffis
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
In Action With the Japanese Navy - Two Personal Accounts of the War at Sea During the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-Before Port... In Action With the Japanese Navy - Two Personal Accounts of the War at Sea During the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-Before Port Arthur in a Destroyer by Hesibo Tikowara & With Togo by H. C. Seppings Wright (Hardcover)
Hesibo Tikowara, H.C.Seppings Wright
R1,003 Discovery Miles 10 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Admiral Eddie - The Story of America's Greatest Naval Aviator (Hardcover): Edward O M Barry Admiral Eddie - The Story of America's Greatest Naval Aviator (Hardcover)
Edward O M Barry
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jane's Fighting Ships 1904. (Naval Encyclopedia and Year Book) - Facsimile Edition. Volume 1 of 2. England, France,... Jane's Fighting Ships 1904. (Naval Encyclopedia and Year Book) - Facsimile Edition. Volume 1 of 2. England, France, Germany, Russia. (Hardcover)
Fred T. Jane
R2,506 Discovery Miles 25 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' (Hardcover): Karl Heinz Marquardt The 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' (Hardcover)
Karl Heinz Marquardt
R776 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Constitution was one of the US Navy's first six original frigates, ordered as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Fast and heavily built, she was nominally rated as a 44 but mounted thirty 24-pdr and twenty-two 12-pdr cannon. Her most famous encounter, after which she became nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' due to British shot being seen bouncing off her hull, involved HMS Guerriere, which she smashed; the same treatment was meted out to HMS Java four months later. Now the oldest commissioned warship afloat in thw world, she is berthed in Boston Harbor. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

All Present and Accounted For - The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that... All Present and Accounted For - The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship (Hardcover)
Steven J. Craig
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wolf - Raider! Three Accounts of the Imperial German Navy Armed Commerce Raider, SMS Wolf, During the First World War-The... Wolf - Raider! Three Accounts of the Imperial German Navy Armed Commerce Raider, SMS Wolf, During the First World War-The Amazing Cruise of the German Raider "Wolf" by A. Donaldson, A Captive on a German Raider by F. G. Trayes & Ten Months in a German Raid (Hardcover)
A. Donaldson, F G Trayes, John Stanley Cameron
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Norman's Navy Years - 1942-1959 (Paperback): Sue Schrems, Vernon Maddux, Cleveland County Historical Society, Suzanne H.... Norman's Navy Years - 1942-1959 (Paperback)
Sue Schrems, Vernon Maddux, Cleveland County Historical Society, Suzanne H. Schrems
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Report of Operation HighJump - U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Program 1947 (Hardcover): U. S. Navy Report of Operation HighJump - U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Program 1947 (Hardcover)
U. S. Navy
R1,365 Discovery Miles 13 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life of Admiral Mahan, Naval Philosopher (Hardcover): C C 1863-1941 Taylor The Life of Admiral Mahan, Naval Philosopher (Hardcover)
C C 1863-1941 Taylor
R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Hoot in Hell's Island - The Heroic Story of World War II Dive Bomber Lt. Cmdr. Robert D. Hoot Gibson (Hardcover): Ret )... A Hoot in Hell's Island - The Heroic Story of World War II Dive Bomber Lt. Cmdr. Robert D. Hoot Gibson (Hardcover)
Ret ) Col Kirk Warner (USA, Robert D Gibson
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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