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Naval History Special Editions
8½ x 10¾ | Paperback $19.95 | Holiday Price: $9.98 Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike.
Battleship Massachusetts
The Battle of Tarawa
BY DANIEL ROGERS February 2022 978-1-59114-703-9
Aircraft Carrier Intrepid
BY ANDREW FALTUM February 2022 978-1-68247-740-3
The Battle of Guadalcanal
BY TRENT HONE May 2022 978-1-68247-731-1
Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen
BY VINCENT P. O'HARA July 2022 978-1-59114-872-2
Battleship Tirpitz
BY VINCENT P. O'HARA July 2022 978-1-59114-870-8
September 2021
978-1-68247-726-7
$120.00 | Holiday Price: $60.00
Russian and Soviet Battleships is the definitive English language overview of Russian and Soviet battleships, from the ironclad Petr Velikii of 1869 to Stalin’s final projects. Meticulously researched, this work describes and illustrates the design histories, technical details, characteristics, and service histories of the forty seagoing battleships that served in the Russian and Soviet Navies. This is the first book about Russian battleships to draw from Russian language materials, including books and articles published since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Some one hundred drawings of ships and design studies, many specially commissioned for this book, are showcased, as well as one hundred photographs, many of them never published in the west.
The author, Stephen McLaughlin, analyzes all aspects of battleship design, from the policy decisions behind their construction to details of fire control and gunnery. He evaluates their strengths and weaknesses compared with foreign contemporaries. In addition, McLaughlin outlines numerous projected battleships and conjectural studies. As he examines the active— and often tragic—careers of these ships, he reassesses many of the myths and misconceptions associated with Russian ships and the Russian navy.
STEPHEN MCLAUGHLIN has written numerous articles on naval history, and especially on Russian warships. He is the co-author of The Hybrid Warship (Naval Institute Press, 1991) with the late R.D. Layman, and completed the manuscript of Jutland: The Naval Staff Appreciation after the death of his friend William Schleihauf. McLaughlin worked as a librarian for the San Francisco Public Library for thirty-five years before retiring in 2017 and lives in Richmond, California.
November 2021
Warriors Publishing Group, distributed by Naval Institute Press 353 pp. | 6 x 9 Hardcover
978-1-94435-338-4
$26.95 | Holiday price: $13.48
Korean Odyssey
A Novel of a Marine Rifle Company in the Forgotten War
BY DALE A. DYE
“Well plotted and fast-paced, [Korean Odyssey is] historically accurate with just enough technical detail, and the unmistakable ring of authority. Dye's description of the 1950s Marine Corps will resound among warriors of any war.
—Barrett Tillman, author of When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945
Captain Sad Sam Gerdine is marking time at Camp Pendleton in the summer of 1950. He’s finally been given command of the rifle company he worked for with such focus that he lost both his wife and the child he loves. It’s not much of a command in the diminished post-World War II Marine Corps, but he’s doing his best with an outfit misfits led by a solid cadre of anxious young officers and savvy, combat-hardened senior NCOs.
When war in Korea breaks out Captain Gerdine proceeds to make Able Company, 5th Marines a combat-ready outfit prepared to face the rigors of war in Korea. From the Pusan Perimeter to the audacious landing at Inchon and on into the frigid, intense combat at the Chosin Reservoir, Sad Sam’s Marines mold and meld into a shining example of how U.S. Marines get the job done despite formidable odds.
DALE A. DYE served in the United States Marine Corps for twenty-one years before retiring as a Captain. He is the founder of Warrior’s Inc., the preeminent military training and advisory service to the entertainment industry. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including the Shake Davis Series.
August 2021
232 pp. | 5 x 8 20 figures, 8 b/w tables Paperback |
978-1-68247-550-8
$24.95 | Holiday Price: $12.48
BLUE & GOLD PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
November 2021
288 pp. | 6 x 9 10 b/w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure Hardcover |
978-1-68247-700-7
$37.95 | Holiday Price: $18.98
A Primer on Leadership for the Sea-Services
BY RADM ROBERT WRAY JR., USN (RET.); CDR ANDREW K. LEDFORD, USN, PhD.; VADM JOHN B. MUSTIN, USN; RDML THEODORE P. S. LECLAIR, USN
Praise from the first edition of Saltwater Leadership: “I wish I had owned this book when I was a junior officer at sea. I hope you’ll read it, and be a better officer for it. Our nation needs that.”
—President George H. W. Bush, LT JG, USNR
Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition is about leadership in the maritime environment. The unforgiving, dynamic, and unconquerable nature of the sea requires direct leadership, often with very little margin of error. The unique and common nature of professional life on the sea applies not only to junior naval leaders but also officer and enlisted leaders from the Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines. Based on decades of leadership experiences, Saltwater Leadership covers a wide variety of topics, including basic junior officer leadership, taking care of people, providing forceful backup, leadership and culture, and professional competence.
A Naval Academy graduate, RADM ROBERT O. WRAY JR., USN (RET.), served as a nuclear engineer on surface ships. He is now CEO of a tech company in Maryland.
RDML THEODORE P.S. LECLAIR, USN, a Surface Warfare Officer, initially served as First Lieutenant and Repair Division Officer aboard USS Callaghan (DDG 994). He currently serves as Deputy Commander, U.S. SEVENTH Fleet.
CDR ANDREW K. LEDFORD, USN, PhD, graduated the Naval Academy in 1995 spending his first several years as a Marine Infantry Officer. He later transferred to the Navy, leading operational units in multiple regions. In 2013 he was selected for to be a Permanent Military Professor and received his PhD from Princeton University.
VADM JOHN B. MUSTIN USN, is a Surface Warfare Officer with afloat service on Aegis cruisers and destroyers, and command experience at the O-4, O-5, O-6 and Strike Group level. He currently serves as Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, leading 60,000 sailors.
Maritime Unmanned
From Global Hawk to Triton
BY ERNEST SNOWDEN AND ROBERT F. WOOD
“Unmanned systems remain a controversial issue thought industry, and DoD is certainly no exception. Snowden and Wood have done a masterful job assessing the cost and potential impact of unmanned systems in the maritime domain. Their work will assist decision-makers in the months ahead.”
—Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.)
Maritime Unmanned recounts the promising beginning, demoralizing setbacks, and ultimate success of the visionaries who championed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology for the U.S. Navy. Even before UAS entered the common vernacular of American defense programs, large movements in world and national politics from the early 1990s onward had a formative influence on what would become the Air Force’s Global Hawk. From that earliest time, through the formal selection of Triton as the U.S. Navy’s preferred UAS system in 2008, Maritime Unmanned reveals the successes and difficult challenges in defense acquisition. This was the first time in the history of naval aviation that an unmanned aerial vehicle was adopted into frontline squadron inventories and was in this instance an enabling component of the maritime patrol and reconnaissance mission. What should have been a simple cross-service transition of a DARPA and Air Force–developed UAS (Global Hawk) took twenty years from introduction of the concept to realization of its initial operational capability.
ERNEST SNOWDEN is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a former naval aviator. He is also the author of Winged Brothers.
ROBERT F. WOOD is a retired naval aviator and a veteran of the Gulf War. Since his retirement, he has pursued a twenty-three-year career in business as a senior executive and consultant in the aerospace and defense industries.
October 2021
256 pp. | 6 x 9 2 b/w illustrations Hardcover |
978-1-68247-706-9
$31.95 | Holiday Price: $15.98
Operational Art and Military Disciplines
BY B. A. FRIEDMAN
“Friedman deconstructs the ideas and history of Operational Level of War and Operational Art in this concise volume. Then, as in previous writings, builds a new theory towards a reconceptualization of the Operational Art for modern practitioners, building bridges between tactics and strategy. This is a must-read for any aspiring staff officer.”
—S. Mike Pavelec, chair, Department of Airpower, Air Command and Staff College
On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to today, viewing them through the lens of Prussia/Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States. B. A. Friedman concludes that the operational level of war should be rejected as fundamentally flawed, but that operational art is an accurate description of the activities of the military staff, an organization developed to provide the brainpower necessary to manage the complexity of modern military operations. Rather than simply serve as an intercession between levels, the military staff exists as an enabler and supporting organization to tacticians and strategists alike.
B. A. FRIEDMAN holds a BA in history from The Ohio State University, an MA in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently enrolled in King’s College London, studying the early U.S. Marine Corps and naval strategy. He serves in the Marine Corps Reserve as a field artillery officer and is the author of On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle.
A NAVY ADMIRAL’S
REAR ADM. DAVE OLIVER, USN (RET.)
August 2021
252 pp. | 6 x 9 8 b/w illustrations Hardcover |
978-1-68247-721-2
$34.95 | Holiday Price: $17.48
A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules
ANavy Admiral’s Bronze Rules uses case studies to explore the inherent risks of leadership and the tools available to those who nevertheManaging Risk and Leadership BY REAR ADM. DAVE OLIVER, USN (RET.) less wish to shoulder those responsibilities. Real-world examples are used and inevitably expose hitherto unrevealed history. The latter includes a secret of the Yom Kippur War, the background of the 1986 “Dave Oliver had a ringside seat for some of the most significant events that attended the bloodless revolution in the Philippines, how Admiral Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt was collapse of the Soviet Union. This fascinating book describes some of those events. In reading such a unique Chief of Naval Operations, why our National War Plan suddenly had to be revised during the Reagan years, the book you will learn that Dave was not only an observer but a doer; indeed, some of these and what spurred President Bill Clinton’s anti-nuclear proliferation success.remarkable events may never have occurred had it not been for Dave’s bold actions.” Rear Admiral Oliver sketches the problems a leader will routinely (and not so routinely) face. He invites the reader to —Hon. Bill Perry, 19th Secretary of Defense consider the attributes that will help best prepare them for future challenges. These thirty-fi ve case studies demonstrate that few real leadership problems will yield to A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules uses case studies to explore the inherent risks of leadership and the a “one hammer” solution. No matter how good a practitioner may become with one leadership style, a single knock-them-dead tools available to those who nevertheless wish to shoulder those responsibilities. ability seldom serves to get a leader all the way through a problem or confl ict. Oliver thus provides a range of tools for different personalities and situations, giving Rear Admiral Oliver sketches the problems a leader will routinely (and not-so-routinely) face. He the potential leader a variety of solutions to fi t the problem as well as an individual’s personal comfort zone. invites the reader to consider the attributes that will help best prepare them for future challenges. These thirty-five case studies demonstrate that few real leadership problems will yield to a one hammer solution. No matter how good a practitioner may become with one leadership style, one 5/17/21 9:25 AM knock-them-dead ability seldom serves to get a leader all the way through their problem or conflict. Oliver thus provides a range of tools for different personalities and situations. The potential leader thus has a variety of solutions to fit the problem as well as an individual’s personal comfort zone.
REAR ADM. DAVE OLIVER, USN (RET.), is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who spent thirty-two years in the Navy, served at sea onboard both diesel-electric and nuclear submarines, commanded a nuclear submarine, served as chief of staff of the Seventh Fleet and commanded two submarine Groups. Upon retiring from the Navy, Oliver was principal deputy undersecretary of defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and also director of management and budget for the Coalition Forces in Iraq. In business he was the CEO of smaller companies and the COO of a multi-billion dollar company.
