June 2012 | Navy Reserve Website

Listening To Ghosts Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Life in the navy is more than being on a boat for a few months. "Listening to Ghosts" is a memoir from Bob Stockton as he ponders his time in the United States Navy and provides a snapshot of different time and he comes to readers with much conventional wisdom and thought, seeking to entertain as well...

Under Ice: Waldo Lyon and the Development of the Arctic Submarine (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Reviewed by Capt. Gordon I. Peterson, USN (Ret.), Senior Editor, Sea Power Magazine, Navy League of the United StatesIt has been said that you can usually determine the caliber of a man by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him. By this measure, William M. Leary's biography of Dr. Waldo...

Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is quite a fascinating look at the roles women have played in the British Navy before this century. However, there does seem to be a lack of in-depth study of the women profiled. I found myself wanting to know much more than the author was willing to offer me. I felt too much time was taken...

Anchors and Eagles Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Paul Adkisson has for the first time to my knowledge placed in print the way it was in a Navy defending the Republic in the 50's, 60's and 70's. It is hard hitting and pulls no punches. He writes from the perspective of a steam engineer. Totally believable. Early on in Adkissons book I could smell the...

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Volume IV, Historical Sketches, Letters R through S) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was researching the heroic story of the loss of the USS Aaron Ward (sunk off the Solomon Islands towards the end of WW2) when I came across this item advertised on one of the Amazon websites. Unaware I was looking at an eight-volume set of books, I baulked at the price and decided to search on. Nevertheless,...

Weather forecasting; Illustrated by Diagrams, Charts and Photographs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Commander Pack was in the ROYAL Navy. Each chapter covers a subject like air masses, fronts, instruments, pressure systems. etc. Many diagrams and photos. Very scientific, and detailed like a textbook. "This book presents the science of weather forecasting in a practical, elementary and up-to-date manner....

Corsairs and Flattops: Marine Carrier Air Warfare, 1944-1945 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This slim little volume would have made it better as a couple of magazine articles, and is really only 118 pages if you don't count the appendices. A considerable use of of not very interesting photos, white space and charts enhance the impression that you've bought a bunch of fluff. To make matters...

The Golden Age Remembered: U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My dad saw this book in a Naval Institute magazine. I was able to buy a very nice used copy through Amazon for about half price. He is very happy with the book--and I'm happy to have saved some money.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Golden Age Remembered: U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941Click...

The Emperor's Sword; Japan vs Russia in the Battle of Tsushima Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This a nice short book about the Battle of Tsushima and the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. There have been other books out there on this war, but the author of this 1969 book actually interviewed some of the survivors of this battle to get a clear picture of what happened during...

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Volumes 1 - 8) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was researching the heroic story of the loss of the USS Aaron Ward (sunk off the Solomon Islands towards the end of WW2) when I came across this item advertised on one of the Amazon websites. Unaware I was looking at an eight-volume set of books, I baulked at the price and decided to search on. Nevertheless,...

Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations (Blue and Gold Professional Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Consider this sentence: "UNODIR, COMDESRON 9 will COMEX 300700Z AUG using VTF and BD AMMO for all WEPSYS unless CASREP." Clearly you understand that this means: "Unless otherwise directed, the commander of destroyer squadron nine will commence the exercise at 7 o'clock in the morning on 30 August using...

His Majesty's Frigate Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the 3rd novel in the Penhaligon series. It tends to be an overlooked series dealing with the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic era. It seems to be set roughly in 1800. Captain Penhaligon was a favorite of Admiral Nelson, but Nelson has been called back to England, and the newly married Penhaligon...

Submarine Stories: Recollections from the Diesel Boats Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book consists of 58 short chapters, each describing some event or advance in the development of US Navy conventional submarines. It covers the entire period of US diesel boat operation, from the early pre-WWI days up to the last of the "B-girls", USS Blueback, decommisioned in the late 1980's, and...

Captains Contentious: The Dysfunctional Sons of the Brine (Studies in Maritime History) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)CAPTAINS CONTENTIOUS: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL SONS OF THE BRINE comes from a maritime historian who offers a survey and analysis of five captains in the Continental Navy, considering how their personality flaws hindered their careers and enhanced their actions in the Revolutionary War. Perfect for college-level...

Missile Inbound: The Attack on the Stark in the Persian Gulf Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A post-attack crewmember from 1993-1997, I served as CS-3 (Ordnance) Division Leading Petty Officer and Weapons Control Officer. The report of investigation headed by Admiral Sharp was much more interesting reading, and seems to have been largely overlooked by the authors, as well as any interviews with...

Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations, 1914-1945 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Speaking as someone who spends his entire day immersed in research, research and even more research, I am instantly able to recognise a kindred spirit. From the moment I opened this book and began to scan through it's 250 pages, I knew I was in possession of an item of considerable quality which had...

Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Rear Admiral Paul Gillcrist, USN (Retired), gives an account of his 33-year Navy career from training in a radial engined SNJ to combat in Vietnam to his final carrier trap in a supersonic F-14A Tomcat. The book is presented in an anectodal form, like an old salt spinning his yarns for a fascinated audience.Gillcrist's...