October 2012 | Navy Reserve Website

Top Hook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Everything looks great to Alan Craik and his spouse Rose Siciliano. The CIA appears ready to tap him for a highly regarded espionage position and the astronaut school has accepted Rose. Much faster than their rise to the top is their collapse caused by the machinations of someone else.A woman in Venice...

The Escort Carriers in Action : The Story - in Pictures - of the Escort Carrier Force U. S. Pacific Fleet 1945 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a rather unique book, in that it was produced for all of the 30,000 sailors and officers who were a part of the escort carrier operations in the Pacific during WWII. It is a photo essay that covers their experiences on board ship, in the air and on land, with a focus on the invasions of Luzon,...

Command of the Seas Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Honorable John Lehman describes why he, as a naval reserve officer and conservative Washington insider, wanted the job as Secretary of the Navy.Once he achieved this position, Lehman gives a hard look at the state of the nation's defense during the late 1970s and 1980s. He also details info on who...

The CSS Hunley: The Greatest Undersea Adventure of the Civil War Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Nine men in a rigged-out steam boiler cranked out of Breach Inlet near Mt.Pleasant, S.C. and changed naval history forever. It was not until 50 years later in 1914 that the next ship would be brought down by a submarine. This crisply written account is an excellent introduction to one of the most facinating...

Guns of the Civil War Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A new book on CW weapons! My hands could not order it fast enough. However, what arrived was not worth the wait. The author has filled the book with numerous photographs of weapons, uniforms, and accouterments that should not be there. I expect integrity from authors and Adler has fallen short. Many...

The Bravest Man Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The title of The Bravest Man refers to Richard O'Kane, the most successful American submarine commander in the Second World War. While this book focuses on O'Kane's wartime career on the submarines USS Wahoo and USS Tang, it also examines the careers and exploits of other successful American submarine...

Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This may be a one of a kind gift but it was THE perfect gift this Christmas for my sweetheart. His Daddy had given him an autographed copy years ago but it was lost over time. He has sat for hours remembering his Daddy and the stories he had told him when he was but a youngster of the days spent on many...

Born to Fly: The Untold Story of the Downed American Reconnaissance Plane Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Born To FlyBy Shane OsbornWith Malcolm McConnell Lt. Shane Osborn was the mission commander and pilot of the U.S. Navy EP-3E AIRES II reconnaissance aircraft when it was rammed by a Chinese F-8 Finback II fighter over the South China Sea on April 1, 2001 during a routine recon mission.As the world knows,...

Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)'Bio's' exeptional narrative style really puts you in the cockpit and tells it like it must have been back in the Topgun glory days. I've never seen a clearer, easy-to-understand description of carrier flight operations. This is a must-read for anyone who is interested in behind-the-scenes insights into...

Hellions of the Deep Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is an excellent reference source for anyone interested in the development of American torpedoes during WW2 and is highly recommended.The reason for the four star rating is because the work contains some minor errors and is unclear in some more important areas. OK first the minor errors. Page...

Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For anyone who has ever been fascinated by airplanes, by meteorology, by weird and anomalous weather, "Stormchasers" is an excellent read. And for anyone who has ever been fascinated by weird and anomalous proofreading, it's even better. It all began to unravel on page 49 when I was told of the airplane...

Theodore Ro0Sevelt and the Great White Fleet: American Sea Power Comes of Age Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wimmel has put together an impressive account of the rebirth of the US Navy under the guidance of Teddy Roosevelt. No other US president before or since has had such an impact on the Navy and its role in US foreign policy. Wimmel charts the course from the depths of naval ruin in 1880 (when Peru had...

PT 109 : John F. Kennedy in WWII Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As Daniel Schorr in the new forward to this book suggests, World War 2 brought out the best in many men, and the ones who manned the motor torpedo boats were among the bravest, setting out in small plywood boats to fight an enemy in often large ships. The ordeal that Kennedy and his crew went through...

Choosers of the Slain (Paladin of Shadows, Book 3) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)And i got to say, that the tradition and style of John Ringo's writing kept me up all night reading the book on my computer.Choosers of the Slain is a continuing book about Mike Jenkins and his "life" and his effects on people who enter it as well as those that affect him. In Ghost, After retiring from...

Unrestricted Warfare: How a New Breed of Officers Led the Submarine Force to Victory in World War II Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book offers the novice reader an interesting insight to a number of the better-known US submarine skippers of World War Two. I would tend to agree that the book is much narrower in scope than the title suggests but for all that it still offers an exciting account of submarine warfare as experienced...

Into the Sunlit Splendor: The Aviation Art of William S. Phillips Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is simply a magnificent book. I own three dozen other aviation fine art books. If I could have only one of them on my shelf, it would be this one. I'll try to explain why.The selection of over 150 subjects from the artist's vast portfolio is very satisfying. The book has many air combat paintings,...

Unleashing the Warrior Within: Using the 7 Principles of Combat to Achieve Your Goals Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The intensely focused, macho like posture of the author on the cover of this book may likely suggest to the casual browser, that this book is about combat or martial arts (the author is an ex-Navy Seal). It may lead one to judge it was written for those that want to learn how to better kick butts, cultivate...