February 2012 | Navy Reserve Website

Navy Seals: A History (part III) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the second volume of Kevin Dockery's collection of oral history of the Navy SEALs. His first volume, 'Navy SEALs: A History Of The Early Years' was released about a year ago. I believe a third and final volume about the Navy SEALs and their operations during the Persian Gulf conflict will be...

Navy Seals: A History of the Early Years Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Navy SEALs is an oral history book in the tradition of The Greatest Generation. 34 fascinating personal histories are contained, and are put into context by carefully researched essays to link together the action tales. The histories are well chosen to highlight key points in the history of U.S. underwater...

Weapons of the Navy Seals Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book missed it release date many times. I had hoped it would be up to the standards of the authors previous book Weapons of the Navy Seals Volume 1 from a few years ago (there never was the promissed V2). However this book falls short of the mark. The information is dated and there are very few...

Splashdown: NASA and the Navy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First, let me state that I was very disappointed to see a reader render such a terrible review for a terrific book. While I admit that the book is not what I would consider as an academic or scholarly researched reference, it is an impressive work by a individual who played a key role in communicating...

One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890-1990 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a history of the U.S. Navy between 1890, when Alfred Thayer Mahan published "The Influence of Seapower Upon History," and 1990, when the Cold War ended. "The central thesis of this book, that the Navy, as any other agent of the government, is the instrument of national policy, its junior...

The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an avid student of WWII combat aviation, I don't think a book has ever thrilled me as much as THE JOLLY ROGERS. Tom Blackburn's writing style is easy and effective, especially in conveying the emotions and excitement of close engagement with enemy fighters. The books traces Blackburn's inauspicious...

In & Out of Harm's Way: A Navy Nurse Corps History Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If one is looking for excellent role models and hero's of the last century this is the book for you. I picked it up and had trouble putting it down. Some wonderful accounts of truly dedicated professional nurses who devoted their lives in service to their country. Read and enjoy, a well written book.Click...

The USS Essex: and the Birth of the American Navy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"USS Essex" is a fine piece of naval literature that does a strong job of depicting the very beginnings of the United States Navy while also telling the history of this remarkable ship. The USS Essex was the pride and joy of Salem, Massachusetts. Built in 1799 on the finances of hundreds of `subscriptions'...

Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have mixed views on this book and first discuss the good. The information that is provided in the book is generally new and not covered in other sources. It deals primarily with the construction of the Monitor, Passaic class ironclads, Canonicus (called Tippecanoe class in the book) class ironclads,...

Hunters & Shooters: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALS in Vietnam Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The great thing about this oral history is that you get a personal feel for the characters as they talk about their experiences. The wide range of experiences are reflected in the wide range of personalities that the history is drawn from. The accounts are honest and sincere. Each account begins with...

Traditions of the Navy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I highly reccommend this as a reference book. It has a reading style explaining several traditions, myths, or terms per page. Terms like "Batten the Hatch", "No Quarter", and "Shangheid" are explained in their origin and modern use. It also has a section in the back where modern scholars have conducted...

Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Talk about your Walter Mittys. Waller has a heck of a deal going here. He has written books about commandoes, submariners and now navy pilots. As a writer for first Newsweek and now Time, it's no wonder he got to fly with the boys and girls in the back seat of F-18s and dive in nuclear subs. OK, so maybe...

North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"North Atlantic Run" is a reissue of Marc Milner's seminal 1985 study of the Royal Canadian Navy and the battle to protect Allied convoyes in the North Atlantic during the Second World War. Author Milner addresses the continuing evolution of thought about the Canadian role in a new preface dated 2006.The...

The Rebel Raiders: The Astonishing History of the Confederacy's Secret Navy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)James Tertius (is that Ter-tee-us, or Ter-shus?) de Kay is one of the most fun writers of military history alive. He's only hurt by the fact that he writes things on obscure and unusual topics, or treats them from an unusual angle. One of his books (Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian) is essentially...

Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)On retirement from a former career, Terence Grocott decided to do something about a lifelong ambition and began researching those ships lost during those Napoleonic and Revolutionary times. What followed was 7 years of painstaking work during which he read every single copy of The Times, the Sherbourne...

The Old Steam Navy: Frigates, Sloops, and Gunboats, 1815-1885 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If there is an heir to Chapelle's "History of the American Sailing Navy," it is this book. The format is somewhat similar, but with the inclusion of photos in addition to plans. This book picks up where Chapelle left off, with the early steam ships of the US Navy. These are the ships of fame of the Civil...

To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I orginally read the first edition of this book when it came out in 1992. It was at the time a evelation for me, and the source of my now great love for Naval History. I owe Stephen Howarth a debt of thanks.I recently picked up a copy of this edition. It has been extended from 1991 (where the previous...