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Sgt. Reckless - America's War Horse (Paperback): Robin Hutton Sgt. Reckless - America's War Horse (Paperback)
Robin Hutton; Foreword by James F. Amos
R516 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A New York Times Bestseller! From the racetrack to the battlefield dauntless, fearless, and exemplar of Semper Fi she was Reckless, "pride of the Marines." A Mongolian mare who was bred to be a racehorse, Ah-Chim-Hai, or Flame-of-the-Morning, belonged to a young boy named Kim-Huk-Moon. In order to pay for a prosthetic leg for his sister, Kim made the difficult decision to sell his beloved companion. Lieutenant Eric Pedersen purchased the bodacious mare and renamed her Reckless, for the Recoilless Rifles Platoon, Anti-Tank Division, of the 5th Marines she'd be joining. The four-legged equine braved minefields and hailing shrapnel to deliver ammunition to her division on the frontlines. In one day alone, performing fifty-one trips up and down treacherous terrain, covering a distance of over thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded comrades-in-arms, Reckless demonstrated her steadfast devotion to the Marines who had become her herd. Despite only measuring about thirteen hands high, this pint-sized equine became an American hero. Reckless was awarded two Purple Hearts for her valor and was officially promoted to staff sergeant twice, a distinction never bestowed upon an animal before or since. Author Robin Hutton has reignited excitement about this nearly forgotten legend, realizing the Sgt. Reckless Memorial Monument at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, completed in July 2013, and now spurring the creation of a second memorial at Camp Pendleton, California, where Reckless lived out the rest of her days. The paperback edition includes a new foreword by General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. It will appeal to fans of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, Elizabeth Letts' The Eighty Dollar Champion, and the feature film War Horse.

Secret Flotillas Vol 1: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-44 (Paperback): Brooks Richards Secret Flotillas Vol 1: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-44 (Paperback)
Brooks Richards
R543 R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These "secret flotillas" landed and picked up agents in and from France, and ferried Allied evaders and escapees. This activity was crucial to the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and the SOE (Special Operations Executive). This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during WWII. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks' access to closed government archives, combined with his own wartime experiences and the recollections of many of those involved. First published in 1996, the original edition included descriptions of naval operations off French North Africa. The history has now been amended and expanded by Sir Brooks and is now published in two volumes. This first volume concentrates on the sea lines to Brittany. This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War Two.

Nelson: A Dream of Glory (Paperback): John Sugden Nelson: A Dream of Glory (Paperback)
John Sugden 1
R1,116 R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Save R179 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"Nelson: A Dream of Glory" is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vivid and compelling style.

Chasing the Bounty - The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy (Paperback): Donald A Maxton Chasing the Bounty - The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy (Paperback)
Donald A Maxton
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 sparked the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora-dispatched to track down the mutineers and return them to England for court-martial-and the Matavy, a schooner built by the mutineers in Tahiti. This is the first book to include eyewitness accounts from five men who endured these voyages. Presented in overlapping, chronological order are the first publication of a narrative by a member of Matavy's crew, who vividly describes a desperate struggle to survive with meager provisions among islands filled with hostile natives. A previously unpublished poem by an anonymous sailor on Pandora recounts the ship's sinking, the survivors' tortuous journey to the Dutch East Indies, and their return to England. The captain's unedited statement on the loss of Pandora is included and appendices summarize the Bounty and Pandora courts-martial and the later history of each narrator.

Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War (Paperback): Paul M. Edwards Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War (Paperback)
Paul M. Edwards
R1,287 R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Save R363 (28%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From rubber landing boats to picket boats to minesweepers, smaller support vessels did much of the work of the Korean War, and endured many of the dangers and hardships. Rarely mentioned in histories of the war, they served functions essential to keeping the United States Navy and the United Nations partners in active duty. This volume delivers an overview of the various kinds of vessels involved, the difficulties of mobilizing the aging American fleet at a time when a significant downsizing had been expected, and the design and specification considerations of the support vessels needed for the new war effort. It lists the individual support vessels and details the degree of their involvement, often providing photographs as well as comments from men who served aboard the ships.

Royal Navy Way of Leadership (Hardcover): Andrew St.George Royal Navy Way of Leadership (Hardcover)
Andrew St.George 1
R598 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R69 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Four years ago the Second Sea Lord of the Royal Navy asked Andrew St George to spend time with every level of the Navy staff, from junior sailors in the engine room of an aircraft carrier, to handlers of landing craft, through to Royal Marines, ships' commanders, and Royal Navy staff right up to Navy Board and Cabinet level, with the aim of creating a book which distils the leadership culture of perhaps the most highly respected and efficient organization in the world. This book charts that journey - representing the largest piece of research on Royal Navy leadership ever done - and it is the current state of the art leadership framework for the Navy. St George writes about how to plan and execute, how to exercise judgment and how to motivate people. Everything in the book is here because it works, tested over thousands of hours of hard training, rigorous assessment and absolute measurement. The book's messages are deceptively simple. In order to succeed we must have: the clarity of intent; the strategy; the resources; a contingency plan; an emotional investment. These tenets stand in all walks of business and personal life. The Royal Navy's way of getting things done depends on soft skills, high emotional intelligence and an understanding of how people work in small teams.This book (15,000 copies) will be issued to every Royal Navy officer and Senior Rate (middle manager) in the Service. The book's insights are profound and their applications are wide-ranging: for industry, for finance, for professional services, for commerce, for academia and for the public sector these methods of planning, executing and inspiring make a tried, tested and effective way of leadership.

Pacific Carrier War - Carrier Combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa (Hardcover): Mark Stille Pacific Carrier War - Carrier Combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa (Hardcover)
Mark Stille
R963 R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Save R143 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Coral Sea, through Midway and Guadalcanal to the battle of the Philippine Sea. The defining feature of the Pacific Theatre of World War II was the clash of carriers that ultimately decided the fate of nations. The names of these battles have become legendary as some of the most epic encounters in the history of naval warfare. Pre-war assumptions about the impact and effectiveness of carriers were comprehensively tested in early war battles such as Coral Sea, while US victories at Midway and in the waters around Guadalcanal established the supremacy of its carriers. The US Navy's ability to adapt and evolve to the changing conditions of war maintained and furthered their advantage, culminating in their comprehensive victory at the battle of the Philippine Sea, history's largest carrier battle, which destroyed almost the entire Japanese carrier force. Examining the ships, aircraft and doctrines of both the Japanese and US navies and how they changed during the war, Mark E. Stille shows how the domination of American carriers paved the way towards the Allied victory in the Pacific.

USS Alabama (Bb-60): From Tarawa, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa, to Museum Ship (Hardcover): David Doyle USS Alabama (Bb-60): From Tarawa, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa, to Museum Ship (Hardcover)
David Doyle
R552 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The fourth and final battleship in the South Dakota class, the USS Alabama served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, participating in many of the most famous battles of the war. Armed with nine 16-inch guns, 20 5-inch guns, and a myriad of 40 mm and 20 mm weapons, Alabama was one of the most powerful warships afloat. This volume illustrates the modifications and improvements made to the ship during her service, and the battles fought by her men. The battleship today is a floating museum and veterans memorial moored in Mobile Bay in her namesake state of Alabama. Additional detailed photos capture the workings of this powerful, complex warship. Through carefully researched archival documents and photographs, the history of this iconic warship and the men who crewed it is presented in this profusely illustrated volume.

Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Geoffrey Till Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Geoffrey Till
R1,387 Discovery Miles 13 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Us Naval 5:Struggle Guadalcanal (Hardcover, New Ed): Samuel Morison Us Naval 5:Struggle Guadalcanal (Hardcover, New Ed)
Samuel Morison
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.

Rising Sun, Falling Skies - The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II (Paperback): Jeffrey Cox Rising Sun, Falling Skies - The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II (Paperback)
Jeffrey Cox
R490 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East - directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught. It would be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.

The Submarine - A Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat (Hardcover): Duncan Redford The Submarine - A Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat (Hardcover)
Duncan Redford
R4,585 Discovery Miles 45 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Underhand and damned un-English" was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. However, by the 1960s new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the "hallmark of a first class navy." This exciting new book explores the changing attitudes to the submarine in Britain from World War One to the age of nuclear combat. Including discussion of unrestricted submarine warfare, the experience of the world wars, nuclear power and weapons, as well as films and novels based on submarine warfare, this book is essential for naval historians, students and those interested in aspects of submarine development and use.

Seapower - A Guide for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback, 4th edition): Geoffrey Till Seapower - A Guide for the Twenty-First Century (Paperback, 4th edition)
Geoffrey Till
R1,613 Discovery Miles 16 130 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century. The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States' maritime pivot towards the Asia-Pacific region reminds us that the sea has always been central to human development as a source of resources, and as a means of transportation, information-exchange and strategic dominion. It has provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security, and this is even more true in the early twenty-first century, with the emergence of an increasingly globalised world trading system. Navies have always provided a way of policing, and sometimes exploiting, the system. In contemporary conditions, navies, and other forms of maritime power, are having to adapt, in order to exert the maximum power ashore in the company of others and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. While these new tasks are developing fast, traditional ones still predominate. Deterrence remains the first duty of today's navies, backed up by the need to 'fight and win' if necessary. How navies and their states balance these two imperatives will tell us a great deal about our future in this increasingly maritime century. This book investigates the consequences of all this for the developing nature, composition and functions of all the world's significant navies, and provides a guide for anyone interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower in the twenty-first century. Seapower is essential reading for all students of naval power, maritime security and naval history, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, international security and international relations.

Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security (Hardcover): Joachim Krause, Sebastian Bruns Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security (Hardcover)
Joachim Krause, Sebastian Bruns
R6,753 Discovery Miles 67 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world's premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and security, this handbook covers naval security issues in diverse regions of the world, from the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the Arctic and the piracy-prone waters off East Africa's coast. It outlines major policy challenges arising from competing claims, transnational organized crime and maritime terrorism, and details national and alliance reactions to these problems. While this volume provides detailed analyses on operational, judicial, and legislative consequences that contemporary maritime security threats pose, it also places a specific emphasis on naval strategy. With a public very much focused on the softer constabulary roles naval forces play (such as humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, naval diplomacy, maintenance of good order at sea), the overarching hard-power role of navies has been pushed into the background. In fact, navies and seapower have been notably absent from many recent academic discussions and deliberations of maritime security. This handbook provides a much-desired addition to the literature for researchers and analysts in the social sciences on the relationship between security policy and military means on, under, and from the sea. It comprehensively explains the state of naval security in this maritime century and the role of naval forces in it. This book will be of much interest to students of naval security and naval strategy, security studies and IR, as well as practitioners in the field.

Der Erste Weltkrieg zur See (German, Hardcover): Michael Epkenhans Der Erste Weltkrieg zur See (German, Hardcover)
Michael Epkenhans
R1,379 Discovery Miles 13 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Dawn's Early Light (Paperback): Walter Lord The Dawn's Early Light (Paperback)
Walter Lord; Foreword by Scott S Sheads
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the summer of 1814, enemy naval and ground forces made a coordinated assault on Washington, DC, capital of the new republic, and then set their sights on Baltimore, home port to some of the most rapacious American privateers on the high seas. In "The Dawn's Early Light," Walter Lord captures these events during the War of 1812.

A native Baltimorean, Lord wrote with great force and feeling of the subsequent defense of Fort McHenry, the circumstances of Francis Scott Key's writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the rebirth of a young country. Students consider this book to be one of the best short narratives of the Chesapeake campaign.

This reissue of "The Dawn's Early Light" celebrates the bicentennial of the Battle of Baltimore. Scott S. Sheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which will remain a popular favorite for years to come.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf - The Last Fleet Action (Paperback): H. P Willmott The Battle of Leyte Gulf - The Last Fleet Action (Paperback)
H. P Willmott
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval engagement in history. The battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H. P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.

Major & Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to Normandy Landing Beaches (Paperback): Major and Mrs Holt Major & Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to Normandy Landing Beaches (Paperback)
Major and Mrs Holt
R216 R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Save R19 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This guide book covers the present-day battlefield, and the actions that took place on and immediately behind the D-Day beaches, and Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Guide to Normandy has been put together to take you around the area.

This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts' more detailed guide of the most popular and accessible sites plus handy tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles.

The book contains many full color maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.

Oceans Ventured - Winning the Cold War at Sea (Hardcover): John Lehman Oceans Ventured - Winning the Cold War at Sea (Hardcover)
John Lehman
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe, and had embarked on a construction programme to gain naval pre-eminence. But Reagan had a plan. Reagan pushed Congress to build the navy back to its 1945 strength. He gathered a circle of experienced naval planners, including the author, to devise an aggressive strategy. New radars, sensors and emissions technology would make ghosts of US submarines and surface fleets. They would operate aircraft carriers in Arctic waters which no navy had attempted. The Soviets, surrounded by their forward naval strategy, bankrupted their economy trying to keep pace. It wasn't long before the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR was disbanded.

American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II - A History of LCI Ships in the Pacific (Paperback, New): Robin L. Rielly American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II - A History of LCI Ships in the Pacific (Paperback, New)
Robin L. Rielly
R1,462 R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Save R519 (35%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies. One of the most crucial to the island assaults was a new group of amphibious gunboats that could deliver heavy fire close in to shore as American forces landed. These gunboats were also to prove important in the interdiction of inter-island barge traffic and, late in the war, the kamikaze threat. Several variations of these gunboats were developed, based on the troop carrying one designated LCI(L). They included three conversions of the LCI(L), with various combinations of guns, rockets and mortars, and a fourth gunboat, based on the same hull but designed as a weapons platform from the beginning. By the end of the war the amphibious gunboats had proven their worth.

The War for the Seas - A Maritime History of World War II (Paperback): Evan Mawdsley The War for the Seas - A Maritime History of World War II (Paperback)
Evan Mawdsley 1
R662 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R54 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A bold and authoritative maritime history of World War II which takes a fully international perspective and challenges our existing understanding Command of the oceans was crucial to winning World War II. By the start of 1942 Nazi Germany had conquered mainland Europe, and Imperial Japan had overrun Southeast Asia and much of the Pacific. How could Britain and distant America prevail in what had become a "war of continents"? In this definitive account, Evan Mawdsley traces events at sea from the first U-boat operations in 1939 to the surrender of Japan. He argues that the Allied counterattack involved not just decisive sea battles, but a long struggle to control shipping arteries and move armies across the sea. Covering all the major actions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as those in the narrow seas, this book interweaves for the first time the endeavors of the maritime forces of the British Empire, the United States, Germany, and Japan, as well as those of France, Italy, and Russia.

Breaking the Color Barrier - The U.S. Naval Academy's First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality... Breaking the Color Barrier - The U.S. Naval Academy's First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality (Paperback)
Robert J. Schneller Jr
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

View the Table of Contents. Read Chapter 1.

Winner of the 2006 Richard W. Leopold Prize from the Organization of American Historians

Winner of the 2006 George Pendleton Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government

aNot only has [Schneller] given us his remarkable insight into one manas story of courage, perseverance and determination, but he has framed that dramatic experience within the larger narration of American race relations in the twentieth centurya]. Anyone desiring a more complete understanding of African Americansa struggle to desegregate the armed forces will find this book indispensable.a
--"Journal of American History"

aA marvelous book. Schneller takes what might first appear to be a fairly narrow topic and offers a sweeping, well-researched account which places the question of race at the Naval Academy in the context of the Navy and the Nation.a
--"International Journal of Maritime History"

aDescribes for the first time the difficulties Wesley Brown endured and the concerted effort by a atight knota of southern upperclassmen to oust him using racial epithets, ostracism, and demerits."
--"Washington Post"

"This detailed story is one that has been long overdue in being told. Dr. Schneller has told it exceedingly well."
--"Proceedings/US Naval Institute"

"This richly researched and judiciously written study facilitates deeper comprehension of how institutional racism preserved white hegemony in the U.S. Navy until Midshipman Wesley Brown detonated its color barrier."
--Darlene Clark Hine, author of "A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America"

"A comprehensive and compelling work. Schneller explores thelives of the pioneering black midshipmen in intensely interesting detail."
--David P. Colley, author of "Blood For Dignity: The Story Of The First Integrated Combat Unit In The U.S. Army"

"A remarkable book. Wesley Brown's journey through the U.S. Naval Academy shortly after WWII is a story of one man's strength, perseverance and courage in forging a new era in the grand tradition of naval leadership."
--John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy, member of the 9/11 Commission

"In well-documented detail and vivid prose, Breaking the Color Barrier captures the arduous, often tragic struggle black naval cadets were compelled to wage. This is history that rises to its memorable subject."
--William Loren Katz, author of "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage"

"Traces the long and bitter struggle to integrate the U.S. Naval Academy. . . . "Breaking the Color Barrier" is an engrossing account of how an American institution struggled to deal with its racist past and ultimately triumphed in the fight to become integrated."
--"Shipmate Magazine"

>"A thoroughly researched, well-balanced account."
--"Choice"

Only five black men were admitted to the United States Naval Academy between Reconstruction and the beginning of World War II. None graduated, and all were deeply scarred by intense racial discrimination, ranging from brutal hazing incidents to the institutionalized racist policies of the Academy itself.

Breaking the Color Barrier examines the black community's efforts to integrate the Naval Academy, as well as the experiences that black midshipmen encountered at Annapolis. Historian Robert J. Schneller analyzes how the Academy responded to demands for integration fromblack and white civilians, civil rights activists, and politicians, as well as what life at the Academy was like for black midshipmen and the encounters they had with their white classmates.

In 1949, Midshipman Wesley Brown achieved what seemed to be the impossible: he became the first black graduate of the Academy. Armed with intelligence, social grace, athleticism, self-discipline, and an immutable pluck, as well as critical support from friends and family, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, and the Executive Department, Brown was able to confront and ultimately shatter the Academyas tradition of systematic racial discrimination.

Based on the Navyas documentary records and on personal interviews with scores of midshipmen and naval officers, Breaking the Color Barrier sheds light on the Academyas first step in transforming itself from a racist institution to one that today ranks equal opportunity among its fundamental tenets.

The Battleship USS Iowa (Hardcover): Stefan Draminski The Battleship USS Iowa (Hardcover)
Stefan Draminski 1
R1,211 Discovery Miles 12 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. It ended the war spending several months bombarding the Japanese Home Islands before the surrender in August 1945.

After taking part in the Korea War, the Iowa was decommissioned in 1958, before being briefly reactivated in the 1980s as part of President Reagan's 600-Ship Navy Plan. After being decommissioned a second and final time in 1990, the Iowa is now a museum ship in Los Angeles.

This new addition to the Anatomy of the Ship series is illustrated with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship and superb 3D illustrations which bring this historic battleship to life.

Brothers Down - Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona (Paperback): Walter R Borneman Brothers Down - Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona (Paperback)
Walter R Borneman
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history, destroying a naval fleet, killing over a thousand crew members, and launching the United States into World War II. While Pearl Harbor catapulted a nation into battle, it also shattered military families. In the week leading up to and including Pearl Harbor, 79 blood relatives served aboard the USS Arizona. Not only were sons sent to serve on the ship, but fathers and sons together, brothers and brothers. Some families sent as many as three. On that fateful day, 63 brothers were killed. In BROTHERS DOWN, acclaimed historian Walter R. Borneman returns to the critical week of December 7 through the eyes of these families. A deeply heroic story of sacrifice and leadership, Borneman traces the lives of these men, their relationships, and their fateful experience on the USS Arizona. More than just an account of familial bonds, everlasting patriotism, and national heartbreak, BROTHERS DOWN captures the turning point in American military history.

The Falklands War - There and Back Again - The Story of Naval Party 8901 (Paperback): Mike Norman, Michael K. Jones The Falklands War - There and Back Again - The Story of Naval Party 8901 (Paperback)
Mike Norman, Michael K. Jones 1
R496 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R43 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

On 1 April 1982 Major Mike Norman, commander of Naval Party 8901, was looking forward to a peaceful year-long tour of duty on the Falkland Islands. But events turned out differently, for the next day the Argentinians invaded and he and his small Royal Marines garrison found themselves fighting for their lives. They took up defensive positions in and around Government House and on the approaches to Stanley to protect the Governor, Rex Hunt, and delay the enemy's advance. They were prepared to die executing these orders. After a desperate battle against vastly superior numbers, Hunt ordered them to lay down their arms. As the surrender took place, an Argentinian told a Marine: 'The Islands are ours now'. The response was simple: 'We will be back'. They were, and this is their story. The Royal Marines of Naval Party 8901 volunteered to join the Task Force and, some seventy-five days after the invasion, the men who were forced to watch the raising of the Argentine flag over the Islands were able, in return, to proudly run up the Falklands flag once more at Government House. Mike Norman and Michael Jones's dramatic account draws upon Norman's vivid recollections, the log book and action reports of the defence of Government House and Stanley, the testimony of Marines under Mike Norman's command and recently released government archives.

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