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“Tom Clancy meets Joseph Heller in this riveting, irreverent portrait of the fighter pilots of today’s Navy. At last, somebody got it right. I couldn’t put it down!”
—Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder
Punk’s War reveals the inner workings of the U.S. Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and riveting thriller, it is a highly acclaimed novel of a fighter pilot’s experience in the era just before 9/11. As the U.S. military enters another post-conflict period, the themes of leadership during crisis and accomplishing the mission make Punk’s War more relevant than ever.
Punk's Wing
A Novel
“For the readers of military fiction who want some brains with their boom.”
—The Baltimore Sun
When the F-14 Tomcat of the only female flier in Punk’s training class rolls wildly during a hop, nearly causing a midair collision, Punk has trouble believing her claim that a malfunction in the cockpit was responsible. When a similar accident claims the life of one of his fellow trainers, Punk suspects a cover-up involving the use of faulty parts. But no sooner does he bring on the heat with his allegations that a far more important crisis calls Punk’s squadron into active duty. This time, it is not a training drill. . . it’s America’s next war.
Punk's Fight
A Novel
“An honest look at the lives of naval aviators.”
—Monty Ashliman, former Top Gun instructor
On a mission over central Afghanistan, Punk is hit— and taken captive by the Taliban. And after he escapes, the challenge is not over. Because now Punk must navigate the war-torn country not from the skies, but on the ground—seeing up close for the first time the world of resistance fighters, warlords, CIA undercover ops, and corrupt officers who are putting their lives on the line.
October 2021
240 pp. | 6 x 9 1 Map Paperback
978-1-68247-787-8
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October 2021
376 pp. | 6 x 9 Paperback
978-1-68247-785-4
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October 2021
384 pp. | 6 x 9 Paperback
978-1-68247-786-1
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WARD CARROLL flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk’s War and is also the author of Punk’s Fight and Punk’s Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel.
May 2021
264 pp. | 6 x 9 Paperback
978-1-68247-656-7
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January 2022
336 pp. | 6¹⁄₈ x 9¼ Paperback
978-1-68247-763-2
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The Intersection of Profession and Ethics
EDITED BY NATHAN K. FINNEY AND TYRELL O. MAYFIELD; FOREWORD BY GEN. MARTIN E. DEMPSEY, USA (RET.), 18TH CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
“Redefining the Modern Military is an earnest exploration of what constitutes professionalism in the American military, how it is affected by long wars, technological and societal changes, and an appeal for critical thinking about failures both operational and ethical.”
—Kori N. Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Author, Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military and Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony
This edited collection examines the changing character of military professionalism and the role of ethics in the twenty-first-century military. The authors, who range from uniformed military to academics to non-uniformed professionals on the battlefield, delve into whether the concepts of Samuel Huntington, Morris Janowitz, and Sir John Hackett still apply, how training and continuing education play a role in defining a profession, and if a universal code of ethics is required for the military as a profession.
Redefining the Modern Military works to understand the role of ethics in the military, as well as how to better develop individuals in this often-lethal profession. This book is perfect for the faculty and students in our nation’s military academies, ROTC programs, officer commissioning programs, staff schools, and war colleges as they pursue professional military education and develop their own understanding of modern professionalism.
NATHAN K. FINNEY is an officer in the U.S. Army with a focus on strategy and planning. He is the creator and co-founder of The Strategy Bridge and a founding member of the Military Writers Guild.
TYRELL O. MAYFIELD is an officer in the U.S. Air Force with a focus on advising foreign partners and expeditionary security operations. He is a co-founder of The Strategy Bridge and a founding member of the Military Writers Guild.
Great Powers, Grand Strategies
The New Game in the South China Sea
EDITED BY ANDERS CORR
“The book is a highly recommended guide for politicians, diplomats and naval officers concerned by the South China Sea to keep near at hand.”
—Warships: International Fleet Review
Great Powers, Grand Strategies offers the analysis of a dozen experts on the big picture approaches to the South China Sea dispute. By exploring the international dimensions of this regional hotspot, Gordon Chang, Bernard Cole, James Fanell, Bill Hayton, and others examine how the military, diplomatic, and economic strategies of the major global actors have both contributed to solutions and exacerbated the potential for conflict. As editor of this volume, Anders Corr seeks to juxtapose the grand strategies of the great powers to determine the likely outcomes of the South China Sea dispute, as well as evaluate the ways to possibly defuse tensions in the region.
ANDERS CORR is the publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. In addition to visiting all South China Sea claimant countries, he has undertaken field research in Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Brunei. Dr. Corr conducted analysis for USPACOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM, SOCPAC, and NATO, including work in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.
May 2021
360 pp. | 6 x 9 24 b/w photos, 9 maps Paperback
978-1-68247-648-2
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May 2021
392 pp. | 6 x 9 Paperback |
978-1-68247-650-5
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WINNER OF WILLIAM E. COLBY MILITARY WRITERS’ AWARD
WINNER OF W.Y. BOYD LITERARY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MILITARY FICTION The Great Navies of the First World War
EDITED BY VINCENT P. O’HARA, W. DAVID DICKSON, AND RICHARD WORTH
“As with most primary sources, the journal of William Speiden is full of unanswered questions, partial observations and tantalizing hints of larger issues. But readers, whether those interested the maritime world of the mid-nineteenth century or in the history of US-Japanese diplomatic history, will find many nuggets in the work.”
— International Journal of Maritime History
The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the U.S. Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won not in the trenches, but upon the waves. It explains why these seven fleets fought the way they did and why the war at sea did not develop as the admiralties and politicians of 1914 expected. After discussing each navy’s goals and circumstances and how their individual characteristics impacted the way they fought, the authors deliver a side-by-side analysis of the conflict’s fleets, with each chapter covering a single navy. Parallel chapter structures assure consistent coverage of each fleet—history, training, organization, doctrine, matériel, and operations—and allow readers to easily compare information among the various navies. Such a study has special relevance today as twentieth-century navies struggle to adapt to twenty-first-century technologies.
VINCENT P. O’HARA is the author of several works of naval history, most recently, Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War November 1941–March 1942. He was the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year for 2015 and holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
W. DAVID DICKSON is the author of The Battle of the Philippine Sea and lives in Hernando, MS.
RICHARD WORTH is the author of Fleets of World War II, In the Shadow of the Battleship, and Raising the Red Banner.
A Quiet Cadence
A Novel
BY MARK TREANOR
"An extraordinary story about the Vietnam War . . . and post traumatic stress . . . You won't be able to put it down."
—Adm. Mike Mullen, USN (Ret.), 17th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sometimes it takes years for a combat vet to understand what war did to him when he was nineteen. With the perception and reflection of a man on the cusp of retirement from a career teaching high school kids, Marty McClure recalls the relentless intensity of prolonged combat as a teenaged Marine machine gunner facing booby traps and battles in a war with few boundaries.
Family and friends know Marty as a kind, peaceful man. They aren’t aware that when he was young, he plumbed the depths of terror, hatred, and despair with no assurance he’d ever surface again. Now he needs to reveal what happened in Vietnam and how, with the help of Patti, his wife, Corrie Corrigan, a disabled vet, and Doc Matheson, a corpsman turned trauma surgeon, he works to become a good husband, father, and teacher while he fights to bury the war. Only if he accepts help from his wife and his friends will he find real peace.
MARK TREANOR, a Naval Academy graduate, was a Marine rifle platoon leader in Vietnam, an artillery battery commander, and leadership instructor and later served on the boards of the National Defense University and the Naval Academy. A lawyer, corporate executive, and leadership coach, he has participated in national security fact-finding missions in Iraq, Yemen, Africa, and the Caucasus. He lives in Maryland and Vermont.
“Despite the many books that have been written on the subject, Pearl Harbor continues to be of great interest to Americans, and this book adds significant information to the literature.”
—Paul Stillwell, editor of Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! Recollections of a Day of Infamy
“The authors have faithfully reported what should be the final investigation of the Kimmel-Short case. Their perceptions, coupled with the Dorn Report, should end all controversy on this issue.”
—Norman Polmar, naval analyst and historian
In late 1995 amid heated debate over the blame placed on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short for the devastation of the attack on Pearl Harbor and their subsequent demotions, the Department of Defense ordered its own investigation into the matter. This investigation was the only official inquiry made into the appropriateness of posthumously promoting Kimmel and Short to the ranks they held prior to the attack.
This book reproduces the complete report issued by the investigators with added commentary and an explanation of what it all means by coauthors Fred Borch and Daniel Martinez. Borch was the Army’s representative on the team conducting the investigation, and Martinez, an acknowledged expert on the attack, gives an important historical perspective to the study. A foreword by Donald Goldstein gives further insight into what happened and why on that fateful December day.
Fred Borch is a retired Army colonel whose last assignment on active duty was as the Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions at GTMO. At present, he is the Regimental Historian for the Army JAG Corps and the Professor of Legal History and Leadership at The JAG Legal Center and School.
Daniel Martinez is the Arizona Memorial Park chief historian and historian-inresidence for the Discovery Channel’s television series Unsolved History.
For more information on this and other great books, visit www.usni.org.
eBook edition also available.
Cover image: USS Arizona, 7 December 1941 (National Archives and Records Administration)
Cover design: Alcorn Publication Design
HISTORY • MILITARY PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. “Tom and Trent Hone bring new and deeper understanding of the U.S. Navy’s preparations for World War II in technology, tactics, and training.” —CAPT. WAYNE P. HUGHES JR., USN (RET.), author of Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, Third Edition
Battle Line examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy’s evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II.
Based on years of study of official Navy department records, this book presents a comprehensive view of the foundations of a navy that would become the world’s largest and most formidable. At the same time, the heart of the work draws on memoirs, novels, and oral histories to reveal the efforts and the skills of the sailors and officers who contributed to successes in World War II. This combination of popular history and archival history will appeal to a general audience of naval enthusiasts.
Thomas C. Hone is a former senior executive in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and a former member of the faculty of the Naval War College. He is an award-winning author of many books, articles, and essays on naval and military affairs.
Trent Hone is an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in the application of complexity science to organizational design. He writes and speaks about tactical doctrine, organizational learning, and complexity and is the author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945.
For more information on this and other great books, visit www.usni.org.
Fred Borch and DanieleBook edition also available. Martinez HISTORY • MILITARY Printed in the U.S.A.
SEAL of Honor
Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN
BY GARY WILLIAMS
“Gary Williams tells the story of an American hero with such clarity that the leadership lessons spring from every page.”
—Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Tata, USAF (Ret.), former Deputy Commander of
Combined Joint Task Force-76, which conducted Operation Red Wings
SEAL of Honor explains how LT Michael Murphy demonstrated the extraordinary heroism and selfless leadership that earned him the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. Moreover, the book brings the Afghan war back to the home front, focusing on LT Murphy's tight knit family and the devastating effect of his death upon them as they watched the story of Operation Red Wings unfold in the news. This edition is published in conjunction with the LT Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum.
GARY WILLIAMS serves as a Director of Graduate Programs at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. He is a multi-award winning author and is co-producer of the critically acclaimed documentary MURPH: The Protector.
Kimmel, Short, and Pearl Harbor
The Final Report Revealed
BY FRED BORCH AND DANIEL MARTINEZ
In late 1995 amid heated debate over the blame placed on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short for the devastation of the attack on Pearl Harbor and their subsequent demotions, the Department of Defense ordered its own investigation into the matter. This investigation was the only official inquiry made into the appropriateness of posthumously promoting Kimmel and Short to the ranks they held prior to the attack. This book reproduces the complete report issued by the investigators with added commentary and an explanation of what it all means by coauthors Fred Borch and Daniel Martinez.
FRED BORCH is a retired Army colonel whose last assignment on active duty was as the Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions at GTMO. At present, he is the Regimental Historian for the Army JAG Corps and the Professor of Legal History and Leadership at The JAG Legal Center and School.
DANIEL MARTINEZ is the Arizona Memorial Park chief historian and historian-in-residence for the Discovery Channel’s television series Unsolved History.
Naval Institute Press
Battle Line
The United States Navy, 1919–1939
BY THOMAS C. HONE AND TRENT HONE
Battle Line examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy’s evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II.
THOMAS C. HONE is a former senior executive in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and a former member of the faculty of the Naval War College with a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author or coauthor of three books on naval administration and innovation, the coauthor of a book on the Navy between the world wars, and an award-winning author of articles and essays on naval and military affairs.
TRENT HONE is an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in the application of complexity science to organizational design. He writes and speaks about tactical doctrine, organizational learning, and complexity and is the author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945.
November 2021
256 pp. | 6 x 9 15 b/w photos Hardcover
978-1-68247-714-4
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May 2021
978-1-68247-684-0
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July 2021
304 pp. | 6 x 9 68 b/w photos Paperback
978-1-68247-688-8
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