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He's in the destroyers now, Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Lieutenant William Exton Junior who wrote: "He's on a destroyer now," later changed to: "He's in the destroyers now." I have not seen this book for sale under US$55.00 as it is highly sought after by serious naval collectors as their libabries would be quite incomplete without it! The elite ships of...

He Saw The Elephant: Confederate Naval Saga of Lt. Charles "Savvy" Read, CSN Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Why would you jack this book up. They sell in the stores for $25, all of Clarke's books are $25 or less, over that HAHA ridiculous, get a life.Click Here to see more reviews about: He Saw The Elephant: Confederate Naval Saga of Lt. Charles "Savvy" Read, CSNClick here for more information about He Saw...

Code Name Antidote Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)With the US Navy shooting up the Oslo harbor and Seals landing in the public park, we are asked to believe the US diplomat 'has a challenge' in handling the Norwegian government. This doesn't include the numerous bodies that the CIA "cleaners" have to dispose of. C'mon. It's like Rambo in a book.The...

Political Influence of Naval Force in Hi Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an avid naval strategy reader, I had much anticipated this work's release. However, after finishing it, I was mildly disappointed, as Cable sets overly rigorous standards in defining the allowable circumstances for true political impacts by naval events. For this reason it is often smaller naval incidents...

Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their True Stories Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a story that almost no one seems to know about. I cant imagine being inside a 200 ft. tin can, in the worst possible weather for 3 or 4 years, fighting faster, better equipped U-boats (the corvettes were modified whalers with a 4 inch gun), with only a few breaks in between the battles. The corvettes...

The Boats of Men-of-War: Revised Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the very few books that deals with small, ancillary boats rather than on the biggest, fastest, or latest ships or yachts. It gives a history of British military ship's boats, from the earliest known specifications through the steam era. This includes myraid boat plans, scantling dimensions,...

At War With The Wind Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a quite remarkable assemblage of anecdotes detailing the carnage wrought by Japanese aerial and naval suicide campaigns conducted against Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II. The bulk of the book consists of explicit, blow-by-blow descriptions of a number of these horrifyingly deadly...

The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916: Its Creation, Development, and Work Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Very fortunate to find this book as it is well out of print. Well satisfied with purchaseClick Here to see more reviews about: The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916: Its Creation, Development, and WorkThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...

Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss, and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Warning; once you start this book cancel your other plans. This is definitely a cover to cover read. Clancy skillfully weaves the tale of Monitor from its conception to the Battle of Hampton Roads, through its untimely demise to its remarkable recovery. His approach it unusual in that he weaves the two...

They fought for the Union Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchased this book as a young man when it first came out. Needless-to-say I fell in love with it. Subsequently I read every book that the late Dr. Lord wrote. This is probably his finest work when he was at the top of his form. It is nice to see it reprinted. Every Civil War shelf should have a copy...

Through Fire and Water Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Higgitt's book is an account of the ship HMS Ardent during the Falkland's War. He draws heavily on primary sources - letters, diaries and interviews carried out by himself. He shows with great clarity and sensitivity the experience of the young sailors who were given insufficient resources to fight and...

Gold Wings, Blue Sea Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Great story on one man's journey through Naval Aviation from Pensacola to flying AD-1's in the fleet.Click Here to see more reviews about: Gold Wings, Blue SeaClick here for more information about Gold Wings, Blue ...

Seapower and Space: From the Dawn of the Missile Age to Net-Centric Warfare Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I wasn't too disappointed in this book only because I expected little. It plays to Friedman's weaknesses rather than his strengths, and as a result a great deal of it is simply wrong. It's inevitable when you try as a total outsider to write about what is inherently an insider's subject, where there...

The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945: The Official Records : Submarines, Escorts and Coastal Forces (Vol. 2 of a 3 Vol. Set) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)IN A NUTSHELL: VERY CONCISE & YET COMPREHENSIVE At the end of World War 2, the 'Director of Naval Construction' had the teams involved with the design and development of England's wartime navy create a detailed chronicle of their wartime activities [1939-1945]. That chronicle has been drafted into...

MUSSOLINI'S WAR: Fascist Italy's Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935-45 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My friends and I were somewhat mystified by the vehemence of criticism "Mussolini's War" has drawn from some amazon reviewers. We are all history buffs, do a lot of reading about World War Two especially, and were attracted to this title, because there are so few others of this genre (besides technical...

A sailor's log;: Recollections of forty years of naval life, Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"A Sailor's Log: Recollections of Forty Years of Naval Life", is an excellent book that chronicles the life of Rear Admiral Robley Evans, known in his time as "Fighting Bob". The book fully covers a long past era of the United States Navy, reaching from the Civil War to the very early 1900's. The description...

The Honored Dead (The Honor Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Four stars, down from five in the early series. Peter Wake started out as an ernest young naval officer trying to blockade rebels on the western Florida coast during the civil war. Now six books later after fighting African slavers, advising the French building the Panama Canal and chasing evil doers...