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The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign. It ended a string of Japanese...

The Birth of British Airpower describes how Hugh Trenchard, a man with few leadership skills, became a much-loved and inspirational commander who laid the foundation for British airpower on the...

This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April...

The Craft of Wargaming is designed to support supervisors, planners, and analysts who use wargames to support their organizations' missions. The authors focus on providing analysts and planners with...

The first special service forces of World War II were known as the Devil's Brigade. Ferocious and stealthy combatants, they garnered their moniker from the captured diary of a German officer who...

Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family...

When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts...

As the Vietnam War reached its tragic climax in the last days of April 1975, a task force of U.S. Navy ships cruised off South Vietnam's coast. Their mission was to support the evacuation of American...

The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st CenturyAuthor: Kenneth F. McKenziePublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: May 28, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Events in this story of the "Mother of All Battles," as Saddam designated the 1991 war, are drawn from primary Iraqi sources, including government documents, video and audiotapes, maps, and...

The Oral History of Adm. James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.): 1955-Author: James G. StavridisPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Oct 15, 2018Number of Pages: 822 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

Admiral Johnson, the 26th Chief of Naval Operations, was born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1946, and raised in West Salem, Wisconsin. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, upon completion of...

The Oral History of Adm. Joseph Paul Reason, USN (Ret.): 1941-Author: Joseph Paul ReasonPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Oct 04, 2022Number of Pages: 754 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

Admiral Prueher served the U.S. Navy and the nation during a time of conflict in Southeast Asia, increasingly heated global competition with the Soviet Union, and change in how the Navy treated...

Paul David Miller was born in Roanoke, Virginia on 1 December 1941 and spent his childhood years in Newport, Rhode Island and Norfolk, Virginia. He served in the United States Navy from 1964 to 1994,...

Arthur attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), on a Navy ROTC scholarship. Graduating in 1957, he entered flight training and in 1958 earned his wings as a naval aviator. During the Vietnam War, he...

The Oral History of Adm. Stanley R. Arthur, USN (Ret.): 1935-Author: Stanley R. ArthurPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: May 17, 2017Number of Pages: 727 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Admiral Collins served for an eventful 38 years, from the time he entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in the summer of 1964 until his retirement as the 22nd Commandant of the Coast Guard in May 2006...

The Oral History of Adm. William A. Owens, USN (Ret.): 1940-Author: William A. OwensPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Oct 04, 2022Number of Pages: 530 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

A strength of this memoir is in demonstrating the versatility called for in an unrestricted line officer. Captain Schwab was involved in war-fighting, technological research and development, and...

The Oral History of Senator John W. Warner, Secnav and Senator: 1927-2021Author: John W. WarnerPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Oct 04, 2022Number of Pages: 258 pagesBinding:...

William Lawrence Read was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949. Early in his career he served on board the destroyer USS Brownson (DD-868), the...

From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public's money and trust...

With a career spanning from World War II to Korea to service as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years, Admiral Arleigh Burke was instrumental in molding the Navy into the...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away in 1966 - sadly, just three years before the launching of the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away in 1966 - sadly, just three years before the launching of the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away in 1966 - sadly, just three years before the launching of the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away in 1966 - sadly, just three years before the launching of the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away in 1966 - sadly, just three years before the launching of the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History...

The Recollections of Rear Adm. Etheridge Grant, USN (Ret.): 1902-1988Author: Etheridge GrantPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Jul 25, 2022Number of Pages: 72 pagesBinding: Hardback or...