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Mastering the Art of Command

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific

September 2022

448 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-595-9 $39.95 | Holiday Price: $19.98

BY TRENT HONE

“Trent Hone perceptively analyzes how America’s finest admiral not only carefully honed his own approach to leadership, but fostered it by example among everyone he led. Only an officer with Nimitz’s managerial brilliance would have been capable of creating the agile command organization that efficiently waged the U.S. Navy’s sprawling Pacific War. Engagingly and incisively written, this is a superb sequel to Hone’s innovative Learning War.”

—Jonathan Parshall, co-author Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s leadership during World War II. It describes how he used his talents to guide the Pacific Fleet following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, win crucial victories against the forces of Imperial Japan, and then seize the initiative in the Pacific. Once Nimitz’s forces held the initiative, they maintained it through an offensive campaign of unparalleled speed that overcame Japanese defenses and created the conditions for victory.

As a command and operational history, Mastering the Art of Command explores how Nimitz used his leadership skills, command talents, and strategic acumen to achieve these decisive results. Hone recounts how Nimitz, as both Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA), revised and adapted his organizational structure to capitalize on lessons and newly emerging information. Hone argues that Nimitz—because he served simultaneously as CINCPAC and CINCPOA—was able to couple tactical successes to strategic outcomes and more effectively plan and execute operations that brought victory at Midway, Guadalcanal, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

As a study of leadership, uses modern management theories, and builds upon the approach in his award-winning Learning War. Trent Hone explores the challenge of leadership in complex adaptive systems through Nimitz’s behavior and causes us to reassess the inevitability of Allied victory and the reasons for its ultimate accomplish ment. A new narrative history of the Pacific war, this book demonstrates effective patterns for complexity-informed leadership by highlighting how Nimitz maintained coherence within his organization, established the conditions for his subordinates to succeed, and fostered collaborative sensemaking to identify and pursue options more rapidly. Nimitz’s “strategic artistry” is a pattern worthy of study and emulation, for today’s military officers, civilian leaders, and managers in large organizations.

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 studied religion and archaeology at Carleton College in Northfield, MN and works as a consultant helping a variety of organizations improve their processes and techniques. Mr. Hone regularly writes and speaks about leadership, sensemaking, organizational learning, and complexity. His talents are uniquely suited to integrate the history of the Navy with modern management theories, generating new insights relevant to both disciplines.

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May

BY NORMAN FRIEDMAN

"A fantastic companion for any aviation enthusiast interested in the history of USN strike aircraft from the inter-war to modern times."

—Christoph Bergs, Military Aviation History YouTube channel

U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920–2020 is uniquely told from the point of view of the Navy, as understood through its previously-classified documents. Spanning a century from the earliest airplanes conceived to operate from U.S. carriers in 1920, to the current F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Both the requirements and the available technology kept changing. In many cases the Navy drove the technology. Norman Friedman is the first to take the requirements and the available technology into account to explain the choices the Navy made. The airplanes the Navy bought were always designers’ attempts to meet specific demands set by the kind of warfare the Navy expected. The reader sees Navy successes and failures in guessing at the future. This is a unique way to understand the panoply of airplanes the Navy has relied on through the years, and why some succeeded but others failed. This history includes not only the airplanes adopted by the Navy, but also alternative proposals presented in design competitions that never made it to the flight deck. In many cases these other planes have been completely forgotten; they have never previously been published.

Friedman not only examines the airplanes but also their weapons and their tactics— which in turn shaped other aircraft and the nature of air operations. In the case of Vietnam, with the declassification of key documents it is now possible to see how and why the Navy’s innovative approach to air operations triumphed over the integrated air defense system built by the North Vietnamese, with important implications for later successes, such as the attack on Libya in 1986. As told through the 1970s (as limited by security), the story is based almost entirely on the Navy’s own internal doc uments, including those setting carrier and aircraft policy and those describing design competitions. Later developments are described on the basis of public information.

NORMAN FRIEDMAN is a prominent international defense analyst and historian special izing in the intersection between policy, strategy, and technology. He has published more than forty books, including The Fifty-Year War, an award-winning history of the Cold War; a history of naval fighter aircraft; and design histories of many U.S. and British warships.

Russian Information Warfare

Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West

September 2022

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BY BILYANA LILLY

“If you think Russia is limited to fake Facebook accounts, Lilly’s Russian Information Warfare will change your perspective. This well-researched book lays out Russia’s approach to a critical part of modern conflict – the information space. Anyone inter ested in cybersecurity, disinformation, or Russia’s foreign policy would benefit from reading this book.”

Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West examines how Moscow tries to trample the very principles on which democracies are founded and what we can do to stop it. In particular, the book analyzes how the Russian government uses cyber operations, disinformation, protests, assassinations, coup d’états, and perhaps even explosions to destroy democracies from within, and what the United States and other NATO countries can do to defend themselves from Russia’s onslaught.

The Kremlin has been using cyber operations as a tool of foreign policy against the political infrastructure of NATO member states for over a decade. Alongside these cyber operations, the Russian government has launched a diverse and devious set of activities which at first glance may appear chaotic. Russian military scholars and doc trine elegantly categorizes these activities as components of a single strategic playbook — information warfare. This concept breaks down the binary boundaries of war and peace and views war as a continuous sliding scale of conflict, vacillating between the two extremes of peace and war but never quite reaching either. The Russian govern ment has applied information warfare activities across NATO members to achieve various objectives. What are these objectives? What are the factors that most likely influence Russia’s decision to launch certain types of cyber operations against politi cal infrastructure and how are they integrated with the Kremlin’s other information warfare activities? To what extent are these cyber operations and information warfare campaigns effective in achieving Moscow’s purported goals?

Dr. Bilyana Lilly addresses these questions and uses her findings to recommend improvements in the design of U.S. policy to counter Russian adversarial behavior in cyberspace by understanding under what conditions, against what election compo nents, and for what purposes within broader information warfare campaigns Russia uses specific types of cyber operations against political infrastructure.

Denounced by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DR. BILYANA LILLY managed projects on ransomware, cyber threat intelligence, AI, disinformation, and information warfare. She was a cyber expert for the RAND Corporation and has spoken at DefCon, CyCon, the Executive Women’s Forum and the Warsaw Security Forum. Dr. Lilly is the author of over a dozen peer-reviewed publications and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy and ZDNet

—J. Michael Daniel, president and CEO of Cyber Threat Alliance

April 2022

248 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover |

978-1-68247-772-4

$40.00 | Holiday Price: $20.00

Intelligence and the State Analysts and Decision Makers

BY JONATHAN M. HOUSE

“Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them.”

—H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty

In the eighty years since Pearl Harbor, the United States has developed a professional intelligence community that is far more effective than most people acknowledge—in part because only intelligence failures see the light of day, while successful collection and analysis remain secret for decades.

Intelligence and the State explores the relationship between the community tasked to research and assess intelligence and the national decision makers it serves. The book argues that in order to accept intelligence as a profession, it must be viewed as a non-partisan resource to assist key players in understanding foreign societies and leaders.

JONATHAN M. HOUSE is a retired Army intelligence officer and military historian. He received his doctorate and his commission at the University of Michigan. House served as an intelligence analyst on the Joint Staff during both the 1991 and 2003 conflicts and is the author or co-author of numerous military histories, most notably When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler and A Military History of the Cold War (2 vols.).

Reagan’s War Stories A Cold War Presidency

BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN

“Masterful behind-the-scenes look into what made Reagan tick! Why did he cast the U.S. and Soviet Union in stark contrasts, and what made him the ‘Great Communicator’? Griffin’s book lays out the ‘rest of the story’ in an engaging fashion to answer these important questions.” —Col. Bryan Groves, PhD, strategist & CIG director, Army Forces Command

Reagan’s War Stories examines the relationship between Ronald Reagan, the public and popular culture. From an overview of Reagan’s youth and the pulp fiction he consumed, we get a sense of the future president’s good/evil outlook. Carrying that over into Reagan’s reading and choices as president, Griffin situates narrative at the center of Reagan’s political formation and leadership providing a compelling account of both Reagan’s life, his presidency, and a lens into non-tradi tional strategy formulation.

Reagan treated fictional portrayals seriously, believing they shaped public views and offered valid ways to think through geo-political issues. Seeking to shape the reading habits of the public, his administration sought to highlight authors who shared his worldview like Tom Clancy. As both a consumer and a communicator, Griffin notes that Reagan identified with certain stories, and they shaped him as a political leader and later influenced his approach to complex issues.

BEN GRIFFIN is an Army officer who earned his PhD in history from the University of Texas. He is currently teaching in the Department of History at the United States Military Academy and resides at West Point with his family.

Newly revised, U.S. Aircraft Carriers, Revised Edition is one the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. Aircraft Carriers, starting in 1920, with USS Langley CV-1, continuing through to Gerald R. Ford CVN-78.

November 2022

512 pp. | 8 x 11½

Hardcover 978-1-68247-762-5

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“The book is still as relevant today as it was when it was first released, and perfect for anyone interested in learning more about U.S. Navy Battleships!”

—Ryan Szimanski, executive director of the Historic Naval Ships Association and the curator for Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial

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October 2022

440 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover |

978-1-68247-437-2

$39.95 | Holiday Price: $19.98

Blood Money

How Criminals, Militias, Rebels, and Warlords Finance Violence

BY MARGARET SANKEY

“Behind every successful criminal enterprise is a bureaucrat managing the books and demanding receipts. Sankey’s deeply researched, witty, and engaging book offers a fascinating, albeit disturb ing, journey into how violent non-state actors are funding their operations in every sector of the global financial system with ever increasing return on investment.”

—Frank A. Blazich, Jr., military history curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

It is convenient to think that bad guys are drumming up money for their activities far away and in shady back alleys, but the violent non-state actors (VNSAs) of the world are hiding in plain sight. They peddle knockoff sneakers, pass the hat at ethnic festivals, take a cut of untaxed booze sales, swindle senior citizens with bogus phone calls about needing bail in Mexico, and run money through mainstream banks to buy up rental properties (just to name a few). On a grand scale, their behavior erodes rule of law, creates moral injuries from corruption, and emboldens bad actors to steal and back violent tactics with impunity.

Blood Money analyzes the ways in which VNSAs find money for their operations and sustainment, from controlling a valuable commodity to harnessing the grievances of a networked diaspora, and it looks at the channels through which they can flip the positives of globalization into flat, fast, and frictionless movement of people, funds, and materials needed to terrorize and coerce their opponents.

DR. MARGARET SANKEY earned a PhD at Auburn University in European military history, and taught military history, security studies and political science at Minnesota State Moorhead before joining the staff at the USAF Air War College as the director of research and electives. Currently, she is Air University’s research coordinator in the Office of Sponsored Programs (“The Hub”) matching and supporting Air University assets with DAF research problems.

Digital Influence Mercenaries Profits and Power Through Information Warfare

BY JAMES J. F. FOREST

“This volume is of great interest–whatever one’s politics. The emerging cyber realities detailed here must be better understood by all of us in the social sciences, including economics and socio cultural anthropology.”

—Christopher C. Harmon, PhD, adjunct professor, Institute of World Politics

In today’s online attention economy, supply and demand have created a rapidly growing market for firms and entrepreneurs using the tactics, tools, and strategies of digital influence warfare to gain profit and power. This book focuses on the more malicious types of online activity such as deception, provocation, and a host of other dirty tricks conducted by these “digital influence mercenaries.”

Forest also highlights how government agencies and social media platforms are trying to defend against these foreign influence campaigns through such tactics as shutting down offending websites, Facebook pages, and YouTube channels; tagging disinformation with warning labels; identifying and blocking coordinated inauthentic behavior; and suspending social media accounts, often permanently.

JAMES J. F. FOREST is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and a visiting professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He previously served on the faculty of the United States Military Academy, West Point (2001–2010), and served as a senior fellow at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University (2010-2019). He has published over twenty books and dozens of articles on various international security topics.

June 2022

368 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-620-8

$34.95 | Holiday Price: $17.48

Autumn of Our Discontent Fall 1949 and the Crises in American National Security

BY JOHN M. CURATOLA

“Curatola weaves an exciting and powerful narrative that brings a new perspective to a key turning point in American history. This reexamination of how U.S. defense strategy dramatically changed in the early Cold War is extremely relevant to present-day defense and foreign policy debates.”

—Michael W. Hankins, curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and author of Flying Camelot

In the Fall of 1949, a series of international events shattered the notion that the United States would return to its traditional small peacetime military posture following World War II. Autumn of our Discontent chronicles the events that triggered the wholesale review of United States national security policies. The review led to the adoption of recommendations advanced in NSC-68, which laid the foundation for America’s Cold War activities, expanded conventional forces, sparked a thermonuclear arms race, and, equally important to the modern age, established the national security state—all clear breaks from America’s martial past and cornerstone ideologies.

JOHN CURATOLA is a professor of military history at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Dr. Curatola is a retired Marine Officer of 22 years with a Doctorate from the University of Kansas. In addition to his published works, he has lectured extensively on airpower and early Cold War topics at the National Archives, on C-SPAN, and at international venues.

From Berkeley to Berlin

How the Rad Lab Helped Avert Nuclear War

BY TOM RAMOS

“This is a powerful story of a vital part of America’s challenges in the Cold War, and the role that the Navy’s submarine service played in it. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how national deterrent strategy developed to face an aggressive Soviet threat, and how young physicists at a national laboratory rose to the challenge. This book is a tribute to the roles jointly played by scientists and the military to preserve our freedom in a dangerous world.”

—Adm. Richard W. Mies USN (Ret.)

In November 1960, bolstered by anti-Communist ideologies, John F. Kennedy was elected pres ident of the United States. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished nuclear diplomacy in an attempt to force the United States to abandon Berlin, setting the stage for a major nuclear con frontation over the fate of West Berlin. From Berkeley to Berlin explores how the United States had the wherewithal to stand up to Khrushchev’s attempts to expand Soviet influence around the globe.

At the Nobska Conference in 1956, the Rad Lab physicists took up the daunting challenge to provide the Navy with a warhead for Polaris. The success of the Polaris missile, which could be carried by submarines, was a critical step in establishing nuclear deterrent capability and helped Kennedy stare down Khrushchev during the Berlin Crisis of 1961.

For the past 40 years, TOM RAMOS has been a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was a member of the nuclear team that developed the X-ray Laser for President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. He later supported US/USSR arms control negotiations. Ramos, who graduated from West Point, commanded combat engineers before entering MIT to earn a degree in high energy physics.

The Stretcher Bearers

BY REID BEAMAN AND RYAN BEAMAN

“Rather than a battle action piece, the work harkens back to mature, realistic war comics such as EC’s Frontline Combat or Marvel’s The ’Nam, and the emotional ending tears at the heart without being manipulative. This is a solid historical war narrative—and an intense and moving portrayal of brotherhood.”

Publishers Weekly

Maxwell Fox didn’t know what he would wit ness in France. America had only been in the Great War since April 2, 1917. Nothing could have prepared him for the horrors that awaited him and the rest of the men of the 4th Infantry “Ivy” Division. As the Meuse-Argonne Offen sive raged on, Maxwell became assigned to a unit of stretcher bearers, men who were tasked with running into harm’s way to rescue their fallen brethren from the clutches of death. This wouldn’t be an easy job, but with Graham, Frank, and Ralph by his side, Maxwell had to rely on his team and hope to survive. A dark and honest look at the bond of brotherhood during war, The Stretcher Bearers tells the unforgettable tale of a young soldier trying to save the lives of wounded soldiers and keep the men he’d formed a bond with alive. But in the “war to end all wars,” no one was safe.

The Lions of Leningrad

WRITTEN BY JEAN-CLAUDE VAN RIJCKEGHEM; ART BY THOMAS DU CAJU

“If you are looking for a graphic novel that provides an overview of the siege of Leningrad, The Lions of Leningrad fits the bill. In addi tion to the military assaults dealt by German forces, the narrative incorporates the oppres sion of the NKVD and the terrible intensity of the Russian winter. The four main char acters and their relationships leave much to be desired, but the illustrations and narrative effectively convey numerous aspects of the horror endured by the residents of that city.”

—The Fandom Post

On January 27, 1962, a concert at the Maly The atre in Leningrad is interrupted by a gunshot and an ex-state prisoner is arrested. At the police station, the mysterious gunman recalls the early summer of 1941. . . . When the German army begins its invasion of Soviet Russia, four chil dren are evacuated to the countryside: Maxim, the son of a senior Communist Party official; Pyotr, the son of writers; Anka, the daughter of a concert violinist; and Grigory, the son of a pilot that was executed for insubordination. The farm where they are staying is attacked and the train that is supposed to take them to safety is blown to bits by German planes. The four children must fight through enemy lines to get back to their families in Leningrad. But all that awaits them is the beginning of one of the most prolonged and destructive sieges in history. Two and half desperate years that will push their friendship—and their lives—to the limit.

The Journey of Marcel Grob

BY PHILIPPE COLLIN AND SÉBASTIEN GOETHALS

“‘For war has no power to transform; it merely exaggerates the good and evil that are in us…’ This quote, by Lord Charles Moran, is dramat ically explored by Philippe Collin and Sébas tien Goethals’ riveting story of Marcel Grob, a French teen conscripted into the dreaded Waffen SS during the last desperate months of WWII.”

—Carl Potts, adjunct professor, School of Visual Arts, Academy of Art Univer sity, Pace University, former writer, artist and executive editor at Marvel Comics and Epic Comics

In the dead of night, eighty-three-year-old Marcel Grob is sequestered by an investigating judge who questions him about his past. Par ticularly beginning on June 28, 1944, the day when “Marzell,” like ten thousand of his Ger man-speaking peers from the French border land province of Alsace, became a member of the Nazis’ infamous Waffen SS. But did the teenager volunteer, or was he conscripted by the Nazis? Was he a “Malgré-nous,” one of those forced to comply, or was he a war criminal? To establish the truth of his troubled past, Marcel Grob will have to revisit painful memories as an adolescent forced to fight in Italy with the sinister Reichsführer division. Determined to prove his innocence, Marcel begins the story of a long journey into night.

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FOUR FISTED TALES

ANIMALS IN COMBAT

By Ben Towle

EISNER NOMINEE

August 2021

120 pp. | 6¾ x 9½

Paperback | 978-1-68247-416-7

$24.95 | Holiday Price: $12.48

THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS

THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD WAR II STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY’S FINEST HOUR

By James D. Hornfischer; Adapted by Doug Murray; Drawn by Steven Sanders; Colored by Matt Soffe; Lettered by Rob Steen

November 2021

208 pp. | 65⁄₈ x 10¼

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-338-2

$29.95 | Holiday Price: $14.98

ATLAS AT WAR

Edited by Michael J. Vassallo; Art Restoration by Allan Harvey

EISNER NOMINEE

September 2020

272 pp. | 8½ x 11

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-470-9

$65.00 | Holiday Price: 32.50

GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

TSUSHIMA, JUTLAND, MIDWAY

By Jean-Yves Delitte and Giuseppe Baiguera

October 2020

176 pp. | 8 x 105 ₈

Paperback | 978-1-68247-524-9

$24.95 | Holiday Price: 12.48

TEDDY

By Laurence Luckinbill;

Adapted by Eryck Tait

THEODORE ROOSEVELT ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE WINNER

February 2021

176 pp. | 7 x 10

Paperback | 978-1-68247-487-7

$24.95 | Holiday Price: $12.48

THE FLUTIST OF ARNHEM

A STORY OF OPERATION MARKET GARDEN

By Antonio Gil

May 2021

152 pp. | 7¼ x 10

Paperback | 978-1-68247-463-1

$29.95 | Holiday Price: $12.48

April 2022

352 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-784-7

$29.95 | Holiday Price: $14.98

Code of Honor

A Novel of RADM Peter Wake, USN, in the 1904–1905 RussoJapanese War

BY ROBERT N. MACOMBER

“If you enjoy good historical fiction, I know that you’ll enjoy this book. If you’ve been reading the Honor Series, this is just one more home run in a grand slam series.” —Virtual Mirage

On a hot June day in 1904, the Russo-Japanese War is raging in Korea and Rear Admiral Peter Wake, forty-year veteran of naval espionage, ship combat, and guerilla wars, is in his White House office as special assistant to President Theodore Roosevelt. Wake’s subsequent trek around Europe, Africa, and Asia leads him into the clutches of the Japanese Black Dragon Society; the cataclysmic Battle of Tsushima, which changed world history; the chaotic Trans-Siberian Railway and Potemkin Mutiny in the 1905 Russian Revolution; the Portsmouth Naval Station peace talks; the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway—and many different codes of honor.

ROBERT N. MACOMBER is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed lecturer, Department of Defense consultant/lecturer, and accomplished seaman. When not trekking the world for research, book signings, or lectures, he lives on an island in southwest Florida, where he enjoys cooking foreign cuisines from his books and sailing among the islands. Visit his website at: www.RobertMacomber.com

ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE SERIES: Word of Honor | Hardcover | 978-1-68247-538-6 Honoring the Enemy | Hardcover | 978-1-68247-419-8

Woodrow Wilson’s Wars

The Making of America’s First Commander-in-Chief

BY MARK E. BENBOW

“Woodrow Wilson was the first U.S. president to oversee the nation’s participation in an overseas war, and the precedents he set have influenced every commander-in-chief since. Thanks to Mark Benbow, we now have a comprehensive study of Wilson’s pat tern-setting relationship with the U.S. military, which began to take shape long before Congress declared war on Germany in April 1917.”

—Trygve Throntveit, author of Power without Victory: Woodrow Wilson and the American Internationalist Experiment

October 2022

Woodrow Wilson’s presidential administration (1913–1921) was marked not only by America’s participation in World War I, but also by numerous armed interventions by the United States in other countries. Spanning the globe, these actions included the years-long occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, a border war with Mexico, and the use of Marines guarding American citizens during unrest in Chinese cities. Author Mark Benbow examines what these American policy decisions and military adventures reveal of Wilson as commander-in-chief, and the powers and duties of the office.

DR. MARK E. BENBOW is associate professor of American History at Marymount University. He earned his PhD from Ohio University. Previously he worked for the federal government and as Historian at the Woodrow Wilson House Museum in Washington, DC. Benbow also serves as the director of the Arlington Historical Museum in Arlington, Virginia.

January 2023

446 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-789-2

$49.95 | Holiday Price: $24.98

Airpower Pioneers

From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula

EDITED BY JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN

“Airpower Pioneers is an insightful and indispensable anthology that highlights the personal attributes and transforming experiences of those most responsible for shaping the aerospace nation we have become.”

—Ernest Snowden, naval aviator and author of Winged Brothers and Maritime Unmanned

Airpower Pioneers studies twelve especially influential airmen, detailing their impact on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF). Rather than focus on command in a series of air campaigns, this book describes the personal qualities and careers of people who distinguished themselves first and foremost by advancing airpower theory, doctrine, and strategy, and in certain cases by implementing significant organizational changes in the USAF structure. Some held important positions during wartime, but except for a few who excelled in both combat and peace, those selected for inclusion in this volume made their main contributions to advancing aerospace power away from the front line as planners, organizers, educators, and strategists.

JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN is a colonel in the Royal Norwegian Air Force currently assigned to NATO headquarters. He is a professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Stud ies, a non-resident senior fellow of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Professor Olsen has published a series of books on airpower strategy and defense policy, lectured worldwide, and received several awards for his writings.

Tomcats and Eagles

The Development of the F-14 and F-15 in the Cold War BY TAL TOVY

“The operational histories of the F-14 and F-15 are important; the context of the Cold War and decision-making present an invaluable contribution to the field of aviation history.”

—Dr. S. M. Pavelec, chair and professor, Department of Airpower, Air Command and Staff College

Tomcats and Eagles explores how the Vietnam War accelerated the need for advanced fighter-interceptors, and that the lessons learned from aerial combat in Vietnam had a significant impact on the design and operational characteristics of the F-15. The author reveals that after F-14s were sold to Iran and F-15s to Israel in the second half of the 1970s, these jets were integrated into their armed forces, leading to Israel’s use of the F-15 during the First Lebanese War. Finally, the author provides an in-depth look at the operation of the F-14 and F-15 in U.S. actions in Southeast Asia, through Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom, and ending with Operation Iraqi Freedom.

TAL TOVY is a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He has published extensively on a variety of military history topics, including the influence of counterinsurgency theory upon American combat operations. Tovy is the author of two previous books: The Changing Nature of Geostrategy 1900-2000: The Evolution of a New Paradigm and The Gulf of Tonkin: The United States and the Escalation in the Vietnam War

February 2022

312 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-741-0

$39.95 | Holiday Price: $19.98

War Transformed

The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict

BY MICK RYAN

“An essential read on the present and future of war, and I do not write that lightly. Mick Ryan’s War Transformed is at the sweet spot of being both well written and incredibly informative.”

—P.W. Singer, best-selling author of Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, and Like War

War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for those involved in the design of military strategy, and the forces that must execute that strategy. Emphasizing the impacts of technology, new era strategic competition, demography, and climate change, Mick Ryan uses historical as well as contemporary anecdotes throughout the book to highlight key challenges faced by nations in a new era of great power rivalry.

MICK RYAN is a recently retired Major General in the Australian army, and an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A graduate of Johns Hop kins University School of Advanced International Studies, the USMC Command and Staff College, and School of Advanced Warfare, Ryan worked at high strategic levels in the Australian and U.S. militaries.

Fire on the Water, Second Edition

China, America, and the Future of the Pacific

BY ROBERT HADDICK

“Robert Haddick has once again produced a superb study on the intensifying Sino-American rivalry. His unsparing judgments about outmoded U.S. military strategies are sure to stir debate while his urgent calls for defense reforms ought to jolt the policy community into action.”

—Toshi Yoshihara, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and co-author of Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, 2nd ed.

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Fire on the Water, Second Edition also presents the sources of conflict in Asia and explains why America’s best option is to maintain its active forward presence in the region. Haddick relates the history of America’s military presence in the Indo-Pacific and shows why that presence is now vulnerable. The author details China’s military modernization program, how it is shrewdly exploiting the military-technical revolution, and why it now poses a grave threat to U.S. and allied interests. He considers the U.S. responses to China’s military modernization over the past decade and discusses why these responses fall short of a convincing competitive strategy.

ROBERT HADDICK is a visiting senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Air Force Association. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer with experience in East Asia and Africa. Haddick was a contractor for U.S. Special Operations Command and performed research for the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. He was a national security columnist at Foreign Policy Magazine and has delivered lectures on strategy across the U.S. government.

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Look for Dogs in the Navy coming Spring

Cats in the Navy

BY SCOT CHRISTENSON

in the Navy takes a deep dive into the history of sailing cats—from Nile barges in ancient Egypt to World War II battleships. Sure to be a favorite for cat lovers, the book explores the little-known aspects of felines and naval history. It also includes probably the largest extant published collection of seagoing cat images. . . . The next time you reflect on naval warfare or the rise and fall of global empires, just remember that behind every great sailor in history was a cat. Probably.”

in the Navy is a book with vintage photos of cats on navy ships and historical accounts of the role of cats in navies around the world. Are you fond of vintage cat pictures? Do you fancy naval history in the modern world? Then you must have this book! . . . . This is a fun read and it’s well written. Cats in the Navy should be welcome in any cat lover’s home.”

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Cats were seen as omens in ancient times but eventually became trusted animal com panions to those who sailed the seas. From catching rats at docks and on ships at sea, cats often became mascots to the navies around the globe. Filled with informative text and more than eighty photos, Cats in the Navy provides a fun history of our feline friends who rode the waves with us.

SCOT CHRISTENSON is the director of communications for the U.S. Naval Institute. He began his career as a television producer and journalist before going on to develop and manage media strategies for a wide range of organizations, including amusement parks, zoos, think tanks, and lobbying firms. He has written about history and pop culture for several periodicals. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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May 2022

384 pp. | 6 x 9

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At the Dawn of Airpower

The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Airplane, 1907–1917

BY LAURENCE M. BURKE II

“At the Dawn of Airpower provides a much-needed comparative study of the airplane’s early adoption among the military branches, one that illustrates the interdependence between technological change and doctrinal development and offers important lessons on how bureaucracies adopt, adapt to, and promote emerging high technologies.”

—Sean Seyer, assistant professor, University of Kansas, author of Sovereign Skies: The Origins of American Civil Aviation Policy

At the Dawn of Airpower examines the development of aviation in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps from their first official steps into aviation up to the United States’ declaration of war against Germany in April 1917. Burke explains why each of the services wanted airplanes and shows how they developed their respective air arms and the doctrine that guided them. His narrative follows aviation developments closely, delving deep into the official and personal papers of those involved and teasing out the ideas and intents of the early pioneers who drove military aviation.

LAURENCE BURKE is the aviation curator at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA. He has taught history at the United States Naval Academy as a post-doc and then was curator of U.S. Naval Aviation at the National Air and Space Museum for several years before starting the job at Quantico.

Innovating Victory

Naval Technology in Three Wars

BY VINCENT P. O’HARA AND LEONARD R. HEINZ

“O’Hara and Heinz chart the influence of six innovative technologies and recount how the combat potential of those technologies was enhanced or constrained by the organizations that developed, refined, and employed them.”

—Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars studies how the world’s navies incor porated new technologies into their ships, their practices, and their doctrine. It does this by examining six core technologies fundamental to twentieth-century naval war fare including new platforms (submarines and aircraft), new weapons (torpedoes and mines), and new tools (radar and radio). Each chapter considers the state of a subject technology when it was first used in war and what navies expected of it. It then looks at the way navies discovered and developed the technology’s best use, in many cases overcoming disappointed expectations. It considers how a new technology threatened its opponents, not to mention its users, and how those threats were managed.

VINCENT P. O’HARA is an independent naval historian and the author of thirteen works, including Six Victories, Torch, and Clash of Fleets.

LEONARD R. HEINZ worked for many years as a financial services lawyer while main taining an active interest in military and naval history. He has written articles and designed wargames on naval topics.

March 2022

352 pp. | 6 x 9

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Rise of the War Machines

The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II

BY RAYMOND P. O’MARA

“Ray O’Mara has produced a truly fascinating and superbly researched book on an aspect of aviation that has rarely been addressed: the relationship between military flying machines and the people who fly them.”

—Norm Augustine, retired CEO of Lockheed Martin

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II. Raymond P. O’Mara builds a conceptual model of humans, machines, and doctrine that demonstrates a distinctly new way of waging warfare in human-machine teams. Specifically, O’Mara examines how the U.S. Army’s quest to control the complex technological and doctrinal system necessary to execute the strategic bombing mission led to the development off automation in warfare.

RAYMOND P. O’MARA retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2016 as a colonel, having flown the F-15 in operations and operational test assignments. Following his retirement, he worked in commercial aerospace and advanced technology startup companies and is an independent defense and technology consultant.

October 2022

224 pp.

The Road to Pearl Harbor

Great Power War in Asia and the Pacific EDITED BY JOHN H. MAURER AND ERIK GOLDSTEIN

“In this impressive, well-documented anthology, Maurer and Goldstein provide insights into the interconnected problems and issues confronting the powers of Asia, Europe, and the United States during the interwar years, and the military and foreign policy dilemmas faced by their leaders. Indispensable to understanding the pathway to Pearl Harbor!”

—J. Michael Wenger, co-author, Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies series

The Road to Pearl Harbor offers a timely examination of the conflict in the Pacific prior to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and offers lessons applicable to understanding contemporary Great Power flash points between Asia and the West. This volume brings together renowned historians and analysts of grand strategy to map out the fateful decisions that culminated in war. The contributors take a pragmatic view of the policy and strategy options, as well as the decisions made by the leaders of the great powers. This important history underscores that the choices made by political, military, and naval leaders mattered in determining questions of war and peace.

JOHN H. MAURER serves as the Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor of Sea Power and Grand Strategy in the Strategy and Policy Department at the Naval War College.

ERIK GOLDSTEIN is professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

October 2022

352 pp. | 8½ x 10⁷⁄₈

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ALSO IN THE PEARL HARBOR TACTICAL SERIES:

“A Pitiful, Unholy Mess”

The History of Wheeler, Bellows, and Haleiwa Fields and the Attacks of 7 December 1941

BY J. MICHAEL WENGER, ROBERT J. CRESSMAN, AND JOHN F. DI VIRGILIO

A Pitiful, Unholy Mess is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on O‘ahu’s Wheeler, Bellows, and Haleiwa Fields. Since these bases comprised O‘ahu’s fighter defenses, the Japanese needed to neutralize these bases (particularly Wheeler Field) to prevent U.S. aircraft from interfering with attacks on the Pacific Fleet. Although the loss of life at the three fields was less than that sustained by the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the attacks caused destruction and mayhem that proved disastrous and wrenching.

Military historian J. MICHAEL WENGER has co-written eleven books, and numerous journal articles, newspaper features, and reviews. His main interest is Japanese carrier aviation and doctrine in World War II. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Naval historian Robert J. CRESSMAN lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. His The Offi cial Chronology of the United States Navy in World War II received a John Lyman Book Award (1999) and his body of work on U.S. naval aviation history was recognized by the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award (2008). He is currently editor of the on-line Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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JOHN DI VIRGILIO lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the author of two groundbreaking articles related to Pearl Harbor and is recognized for his extensive research on Japanese naval ordnance, and for his illustrated Pearl Harbor battleship damage profiles.

Commanding Petty Despots

The American Navy in the New Republic

BY THOMAS SHEPPARD

“Sheppard’s engaging account analyzes the complex interactions that led to the emergence of the U.S. Navy as an institution. He describes how formative principles like aggressive action, fierce independence, and a firm commitment to the primacy of civilian authority established a foundation that influences the Navy to this day.” —Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919–1939

Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic tells the story of the cre ation of the American Navy. Rather than focus on the well-known frigate duels and fleet engagements, Thomas Sheppard emphasizes the overlooked story of the institutional formation of the Navy. Sheppard looks at civilian control of the military, and how this concept evolved in the early American republic. For naval officers obsessed with honor and reputation, being willing to put themselves in harm’s way was never a problem, but they were far less enthusiastic about taking orders from a civilian Secretary of the Navy. Accustomed to giving orders and receiving absolute obedience at sea, captains were quick to engage in blatantly insubordinate behavior towards their superiors in Washington.

THOMAS SHEPPARD is an assistant professor of Military History at the Marine Corps University Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia. He earned his doctorate in military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work has appeared in the Journal of Military History and Strategic Studies Quarterly.

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Death by Fire and Ice

The Steamboat Lexington Calamity

BY BRIAN E. O’CONNOR

“This extraordinarily well-written history provides the ‘who, what, when, why, where

disaster of the Lexington. Remarkably, John Q. Adams, Aaron Burr, Currier & Ives, Clive Cussler, Andrew Jackson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mark Twain and Daniel Webster are among many whose actions contribute to the story.” —Skip Finley, author of Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy

Death by Fire and Ice tells the little-known story of the sinking of the steamboat Lex ington on Long Island Sound in January 1840. Built in 1835 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Lexington left Manhattan bound for Stonington, Connecticut, at four o’clock in the afternoon on a bitterly cold day carrying an estimated one hundred forty-seven passengers and crew and a cargo of, among other things, baled cotton. After making her way up an ice-encrusted East River and into Long Island Sound, she caught fire off Eaton’s Neck on Long Island’s north shore at approximately seven o’clock. With the crew unable to extinguish the fire, the blazing ship drifted aimlessly in the Sound away from shore with the prevailing wind and current.

As the night wore on, the temperature plummeted, reaching nineteen degrees below zero. With no hope of rescue on the dark horizon, the forlorn passengers and crew faced a dreadful decision: remain on board and perish in the searing flames or jump overboard and succumb within minutes to the Sound’s icy waters. All but one passenger and three members of the crew survived. The tragedy remains the worst maritime disaster in the history of Long Island Sound.

BRIAN E. O’CONNOR began his career with a clerkship on the New York Court of Appeals, he became a partner in a prominent Wall Street law firm, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation for thirty-eight years before retiring in 2017. He lives on Eaton’s Neck in Northport, New York, with his wife Helen.

Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana

The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History

BY GENE ERIC SALECKER

“In Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana, Gene Eric Salecker offers a comprehensive and . . . compelling account of the disaster…. The book is a must-read for Civil War buffs and those wanting to learn new details about the Sultana. . . . A solid introduction to an oft-overlooked piece of history.”

The Sultana was a sidewheel Mississippi steamboat carrying almost two thousand recently released Union prisoners-of-war back north at the end of the Civil War. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the boat was seven miles above Memphis, her boil ers exploded. Almost 1,200 people perished in the worst maritime disaster in United States history. In Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana: The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History paroled prisoners, civilian passengers, guards, crewmembers, rescuers, and eyewitnesses tell their stories in their own words. The true, and complete, story about the Sultana and the disaster has finally, and fully, been told.

GENE ERIC SALECKER is recognized as one of the leading authorities on the Sultana Disaster and owns the largest collection of Sultana memorabilia. A retired police officer and middle school teacher, he is currently the historical consultant for the Sultana Disaster Museum, Marion, Arkansas.

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Elite Souls

Portraits of Valor in Iraq and Afghanistan

BY RAYMOND JAMES RAYMOND

“With keen insight and excellent research, Ray Raymond powerfully demonstrates the impor tance of personal, moral character on the bat tlefield through the exploits of five outstanding officers. A must-read for those who serve our nation in the profession of arms.”

—Col. Robert L. McClure (Ret.), former president and CEO (2007–2016), West Point Association of Graduate

The great nineteenth century French military thinker, Ardant du Picq, argued that selfless courage is rooted in a higher moral purpose, and is found among “Elite Souls.” This is a book about five such “Elite Souls,” all highly decorated young West Point graduates and recipients of the USMA’s Nininger Medal.

DR. RAYMOND JAMES RAYMOND is a for mer British diplomat. He is an adjunct pro fessor in the department of social sciences, United States Military Academy, adjunct fellow of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Newport, Rhode Island, and professor emeritus of government and history at the State University of New York campus at Stone Ridge.

October 2022

Iran’s Qods Force

Proxy Wars, Terrorism, and the War on America

BY OWEN L. SIRRS

The end of the Cold War ushered in a chal lenging new era for U.S. defense planners. The certainties of planning for conventional war or, in extremis, nuclear war gave way to a new form of unconventional warfare waged by American adversaries like Al Qaeda, Somali warlords, and Iran. Iran›s Qods Force examines how one nation state, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has exploited the advantages of unconventional warfare to expand its influence in the Middle East while, at the same time, limiting the impact of U.S. power in the region. At the forefront of its efforts is the Qods Force, the elite clandestine wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

OWEN SIRRS is a graduate of Georgetown University, the National Intelligence University, and the Naval War College. He previously served as a senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency where he specialized in Iranian politics and strategy. Currently he teaches the politics, cultures, and history of the Middle East to the U.S. special operations community.

Reflections on Captivity

A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW

BY PORTER ALEXANDER HALYBURTON

“It is a story of friendship, faith, and forgive ness – and a meditation on the human spirit, written by an American hero whose own life has been a model of courage, patriotism, and grace.”

—James S. Hirsch, author of Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam

On October 17, 1965, Navy LT (j.g.) Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Viet nam on his 76th mission and listed as killed in action. One-and-a-half years later he was found to be alive and a prisoner of war. Haly burton was held captive for more than seven years. Reflections on Captivity is a collection of fifty short stories about this young naval offi cer’s experiences as a POW in North Vietnam.

PORTER HALYBURTON grew up in Davidson, NC, spent twenty years on active duty and another twenty on the Naval War College faculty. He is a potter, woodworker, poet, pub lic speaker, and traveler.

November 2022

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SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER’S DEPARTMENT HEAD GUIDE

By RADM Fred Kacher, USN, CAPT Joseph A. Gagliano, USN, and CDR Samantha A. O’Neil, USN

Prospective and serving department heads will find this collection of best practices and helpful advice invaluable in preparing for these demanding roles. Offering an overview of the relevant billets, the practical guidance from successful department heads provides pragmatic advice in employing effective leadership and management tools, supporting command leadership, and integrating sound watch-standing practices. The Surface Warfare Officer’s Department Head Guide is an important addition to the professional libraries of surface warfare officers seeking success in their coming tour and beyond.

REAR ADMIRAL FRED KACHER has commanded Expeditionary Strike Group 7, Destroyer Squadron 7, and USS Stockdale (DDG 106). He is the co-author of several professional books, including the Newly Commissioned Naval Officers Guide and Naval Officer’s Guide to the Pentagon. A former White House Fellow, he is a recipient of the Surface Navy Association’s Elmo Zumwalt Award for Visionary Leadership and the U.S. Navy League’s John Paul Jones Inspirational Leadership Award.

COMMAND AT SEA, SEVENTH EDITION

By ADM James Stavridis USN (Ret.), RADM Robert Girrier USN (Ret.), RADM Fred Kacher USN

August 2022

456 pp. | 6 x 9

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This newest edition of Command at Sea includes the valuable guidance for prospective and commanding officers that has been the hallmark of this book since it first appeared as well as addressing the evolving nature of command at sea. This seventh edition has been updated to incorporate new strategic guidance, examines recent changes in fleet structure, and reflects the Navy’s and our nation’s return to Great Power Competi tion amidst China’s rising assertiveness and a resurgent Russia’s efforts to undermine NATO unity in Europe.

ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS is a retired four-star officer who led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander with respon sibility for Afghanistan, Libya, the Balkans, Syria, counter piracy, and cyber security. Stavridis is Chair Emeritus of the U.S. Naval Institute Board, Vice Chair, Global Affairs, at The Carlyle Group, and Chair of the Board of the Rockefeller Foundation. His most recent book is The Sailor’s Bookshelf: Fifty Books to know the Sea

PETTY OFFICER’S GUIDE

By FLTCM Paul A. Kingsbury, USN (Ret.) and YN1 Daniel Richard, USN

March 2022

296 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover 978-1-68247-761-8

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The Petty Officer’s Guide is written and edited by petty officers for petty officers. It is designed to ensure Navy Petty Officers are ready to fight and win wars at sea, under the sea, in the air, on land, and in outer space and cyberspace by exposing junior Petty Officers to innovative and modern leadership methodologies. Serving as the premiere leadership guide to junior Navy Petty Officers, it enhances development processes and tools such as the Navy Leader Development Framework, Education for Sea Power, Sailor 360, and Enlisted Leader Development courses.

PAUL A. KINGSBURY, a retired master chief petty officer, spent over 31 years on active service in the Navy and served in leadership positions in aircraft carriers, cruisers, amphibious ships, an aviation squadron, two overseas regions, and the naval safety center. His career culminated with his selection as the 18th Fleet Master Chief for U.S. Fleet Forces Command advising senior Navy executive leaders and their staffs and serving on a variety of military boards and panels.

THE NAVY STAFF OFFICER’S GUIDE

LEADING WITH IMPACT FROM SQUADRON TO OPNAV

By CAPT Dale Rielage, USN (Ret.)

November 2022

320 pp. | 6 x 9

Hardcover | 978-1-68247-826-4

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Continuing the tradition of Naval Institute Blue and Gold series classics such as Command at Sea and the Watch Officer’s Guide, The Navy Staff Officer’s Guide will equip naval leaders for success in the challenging professional environment of a Navy staff. Navy staffs build and equip the Navy, plan its future, and guide its current operations. During a staff tour, a savvy Navy leader can have positive reach beyond the lifelines of a single command, with impact across the fleet and years into the future.

CAPT DALE C. RIELAGE, USN (RET.), is a former surface warfare and naval intelligence officer with eleven tours on Navy and Joint staffs afloat and ashore, including as an N-code Director in two Maritime Operations Centers, and special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He is the author of several dozen articles on maritime and security issues.

One of the great joys of this holiday season is the arrival in the coming new year of the U.S. Naval Institute’s 150th anniversary—the Sesquicentennial. In 1873, 15 Navy and Marine Corps officers met in the Naval Academy’s old physics building to discuss matters of professional interest, the Nation’s unseaworthy, shrinking fleet, the lack of sailors, and the near-total absence of promotions. The first issue of Proceedings from these discussions was published in 1874. The journal has flourished ever since with the mission of providing an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security. The Naval Institute Press joined in 1898. As the richness and wide array of titles—histories, biographies, analyses, and professional studies — in this catalog attest, the Institute is surging ahead giving voice to the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Collin Powell was a keynote speaker in the 2017 History Conference. When he had been Chairman, his staff would flag articles of possible interest. He told them, “You don’t have to markup Proceedings. I read it monthly as a member.”

Commodore Foxhall Parker is credited with organizing the Institute’s first meeting on 9 October 1873, with 15 original members in attendance.

Captain Edward L. “Ned” Beach, Jr., was a member of the Institute’s Board in the 1960s. A highly decorated World War II submariner, he served as President Eisenhower’s Naval Aide, authored the best-selling novel Run Silent, Run Deep, and took the nuclear submarine Triton, seen here, around the world submerged.

WHALING CAPTAINS OF COLOR

AMERICA’S FIRST MERITOCRACY

By Skip Finley

Whaling was one of the first American industries to exhibit diversity. A man became a captain not because he was white or well connected, but because he knew how to kill a whale.

February 2022

304 pp. | 6¹ ₈ x 9¼ | 978-1-68247-832-5

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“Whaling Captains of Color as a scholarly reference is easily navigated with concise biographies, tables, notes, an index, and a large collection of halftone photographs. This book is a crucial, necessary, and timely reference work for all maritime historians.” The Nautilus

THE ACCIDENTAL ADMIRAL

A SAILOR TAKES COMMAND AT NATO

BY ADM. JAMES STAVRIDIS, USN (RET.)

After he was selected to be NATO’s six teenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a “Renaissance admiral.” The Acciden tal Admiral offers an intimate look at his challenges of directing NATO operations.

August 2022

288 pp. | 6 x 9 | 978-1-68247-854-7

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“His chapters on leadership, strategic communications, and innovation are useful words for all military leaders.” —Parameters

THE LEADER’S BOOKSHELF

By Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) and R. Manning Ancell

The Leader’s Bookshelf is for anyone who wants to improve his or her ability to lead—whether in family life, professional endeavors, or within society and civic organizations.

August 2022 288 pp. | 6 x 9 | 978-1-68247-856-1

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“[This book] is unique in its style and structure and outstanding in its personal and confident presentation. . . . The Leader's Bookshelf is a singular and valuable contribution to developing effective leaders.” Naval War College Review

LEARNING WAR

THE EVOLUTION OF FIGHTING DOCTRINE IN THE U.S. NAVY, 1898–1945

By Trent Hone

Learning War examines the U.S. Navy’s doctrinal development from 1898–1945 and explains why the Navy in that era was so successful as an organization at foster ing innovation.

February 2022

432 pp. | 6 x 9 | 978-1-168247-836-3

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“Hone tells the story of the 1942-43 Guadalcanal campaign particularly well. . . . The most intriguing chapter is Hone's study of a critical but largely unrecognized reorganization that transformed Navy operations beginning in late 1942.” —The New York Times

CHINESE COMMUNIST ESPIONAGE AN INTELLIGENCE PRIMER

By Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil

This is the first book of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations.

August 2022

376 pp. | 6 x 9 | 978-1-68247-855-4

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“A well-laid-out account of how Chinese intelligence works, along with its internal contradictions and conflicts.” —Foreign Policy

THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF AT 75 A RETROSPECTIVE

Edited by Thomas J. Cutler

An edifying and entertaining volume that will not likely be the last on this important subject but serves as an important contri bution to this evergreen topic.

September 2022

360 pp. | 6 x 9 | 978-1-68247-880-6

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“This is a book for specialists . . . [and] a good addition to any library dealing with World War II and the nature of the war in the Pacific. And from this standpoint, the book is highly recommended.” Defense.info

BRITISH CRUISERS

TWO WORLD WARS AND AFTER

By Norman Friedman

For the first time this book seeks to compre hend the full policy background, from which a different and entirely original picture emerges of British cruiser development.

May 2022

432 pp. | 9½ x 11¼ Paperback (USAC) 978-1-39909-791-8

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THE BATTLESHIP BUILDERS

CONSTRUCTING AND ARMING BRITISH CAPITAL SHIPS

By Ian Johnston and Ian Buxton

Locked in an arms race with Germany, Britain urgently needed to build an entirely new battle fleet of larger, more complex and more costly vessels. In this she succeeded spectacularly.

August 2022

352 pp. | 69⁄₁₀ x 9¹ 5 Paperback (USAC) 978-1-39909-204-3

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SEAFORTH WORLD NAVAL REVIEW 2023

Edited by Conrad Waters

Now moving into its second decade, Seaforth World Naval Review 2023 provides an afford able yet authoritative summary of global naval developments over the past twelve months.

November 2022 192 pp. | 9¾ x 10¼

Hardcover (USAC) 978-1-68247-872-1

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THE JACK C. TAYLOR CONFERENCE CENTER

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS, 1889 1904

BY R. A. BURT

Magnificently illustrated with detailed line drawings and superb photographs from the author’s massive collection, this new softcover edition is simply a musthave addition to every naval library and will enthuse a whole new generation of readers.

May 2022

352 pp. | 9½ x 11¼

Paperback (USAC) 978-1-39909-656-0

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR ONE

By R. A. Burt

Beginning with Dreadnought, all of the fifty dreadnoughts, ‘super-dreadnoughts’ and battlecruisers that served the Royal Navy during this era are described and superbly illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

May 2022

344 pp. | 9½ x 11¼

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ATLANTIC ESCORTS SHIPS, WEAPONS AND TACTICS IN WORLD WAR II

By David K. Brown

Based on a lifetime’s experience of design ing warships, the author’s fascinating insights, presented in this new paperback edition, will be of interest to enthusiasts and valuable to naval historians alike.

September 2022

176 pp. | 8½ x 10¾

Paperback (USAC) 978-1-39902-990-2

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THE OCEAN CLASS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By Malcolm Cooper

This new book tells the story of the Ocean class of standard cargo ships, their design, building and careers, and the author places them firmly in the context of the battle of the Atlantic.

July 2022

144 pp. | 9½ x 10¼

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS, 1919–1945

By R. A. Burt

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May 2022

448 pp. | 9½ x 11¼

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BATTLESHIP 1945 TO PRESENT

By Chris Baker

This new book takes a fresh look at the slow demise of the battleship. It examines the decisions made by the major world powers after 1945, and their aspirations to retain battleships in their navies, despite financial stringency.

August 2022

304 pp. | 6¾ x 9¾

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THE FLEET AIR ARM AND THE WAR IN EUROPE

By David Hobbs

For the first time, this book tells the story of how naval air operations evolved into a vital element of the Royal Navy’s ability to fight a three-dimensional war against both the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.

March 2022

440 pp. | 6¼ x 9¼

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BRITISH WARSHIP LOSSES IN THE MODERN ERA, 1920 1982

By David Hepper

The core of the book is taken up by those losses experienced during World War II, but peacetime losses and more recent con flicts such as the Falklands War of 1982 are included.

May 2022

456 pp. | 6¾ x 9¾

Hardcover (USAC) 978-1-39909-766-6

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KNIGHT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC BARON SIEGFRIED VON FORSTNER AND THE WAR PATROLS OF U-402, 1941-1943

By Aaron S. Hamilton

The story of von Forstner and U-402 par allels the rise and fall of the Wolfpack and reflects the ebb and flow of the Battle of the Atlantic from the early operations in European waters, to Operation Pauken schlag (Drumbeat) off the US East Coast, to the climatic convoy battles of the North Atlantic in 1943.

May 2022

256 p. | 6¾ x 9¾

Hardcover (USAC) 978-1-39909-676-8

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JAPANESE SUBMARINES IN WORLD WAR TWO HIROHITO’S SILENT HUNTERS IN ACTION

By Terry C. Treadwell

The Imperial Japanese Navy developed the submarine faster than any other country in the world. But because of rivalries between the two military hierarchies, the Army and the Navy, they never utilized the submarine to its full extent.

September 2022

240 pp. | 6¼ x 9¼

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ITALIAN HEAVY CRUISERS

FROM TRENT TO BOLZANO

By Maurizio Brescia and Augusto de Toro

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October 2022

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SECRET PROJECTS OF THE KRIEGSMARINE

UNSEEN DESIGNS OF NAZI GERMANY’S NAVY

By Nico Sgarlato and Alessio Sgarlato

The Secret Projects of the German Krieg smarine in World War II gives a compre hensive overview of advanced German naval building, and excitingly includes previously unseen, secret projects. The designs covered by the title are wide-rang ing, from U-boats and hydrofoils, to sub marines, explosive motorboats and even aircraft carriers.

April 2022

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JAPANESE CARRIERS AND VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC THE YAMAMOTO OPTION

By Martin Stansfeld

Japanese Carriers and Victory in the Pacific focuses on the pre-war debate between building a new generation of super-bat tleships or adopting aircraft carriers as the capital ships of the future.

January 2022

272 pp. | 6¹ ₈ x 9¼

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COLD WAR TEST PILOT

SURVIVING CRASH LANDING AND EMERGENCY EJECTIONS FROM FAST-JETS TO HEAVY MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT

By Group Captain Ron Burrows AFC, FRAeS, JP, RAF (Ret’d)

From the 1960s through to the 1990s, Captain Burrows test-flew all of the RAF's fast-jets of the era. He explains the meth ods and demands of his profession, with many examples of what can and often does go wrong in aircraft development and testing.

January 2022

240 pp. | 6¹ ₈ x 9¼

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AIRBORNE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE

FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY

By Michael E. Glynn

In this book, Michael Glynn explores a journey through the history of more than one hundred years of aerial sub hunting. From the Great War, through the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II and on to the secret confrontations of the Cold War, the reader will witness the parallel evolution of both aircraft and submarine.

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NATO AND WARSAW PACT TANKS OF THE COLD WAR

By Michael Green

The North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion (NATO) was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union. Written by leading military equipment expert and much published author, Michael Green, NATO and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War covers all Cold War main battle tanks.

July 2022 256 pp. | 6¾ x 9½ Hardcover (USAC) 978-1-39900-431-2

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THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

September 1939–May 1943, Volume 1

With a new introduction by Robert W. Love 32 b/w photos, 21 illustrations 2010 | 540 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-547-9

THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL

August 1942–February 1943, Volume 5

With a new introduction by John B. Lundstrom 29 b/w photos, 34 maps 2010 | 480 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-551-6

SICILY–SALERNO–ANZIO

June 1943–June 1944, Volume 9

With a new introduction by Douglas Porch 39 b/w photos, 14 maps 2011 | 416 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-575-2

THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

Luzon, Mindanao, The Visayas, 1944–1945, Volume 13

With a new introduction by Anthony Tully 58 b/w photos, 22 maps 2012 | 384 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-578-3

OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN WATERS

October 1942–June 1943, Volume 2

With a new introduction by Vincent P. O’Hara 31 b/w photos 2010 | 352 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-548-6

BREAKING THE BISMARCKS BARRIER

22 July 1942–1 May 1944, Volume 6

With a new introduction by Vincent P. O’Hara 51 b/w photos, 35 maps 2010 | 528 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59114-552-3

THE ATLANTIC BATTLE WON

May 1943–May 1945, Volume 10

With a new introduction by Robert W. Love 44 b/w photos, 17 maps 2011 | 448 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-576-9

VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC 1945, Volume 14

With a new introduction by Richard B. Frank 43 b/w photos, 24 maps 2012 | 384 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-579-0

THE RISING SUN IN THE PACIFIC

1931–April 1942, Volume 3

With a new introduction by H. P. Willmott 2010 | 448 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-549-3

ALEUTIANS, GILBERTS AND MARSHALLS

June 1942–April 1944, Volume 7

With a new introduction by Joseph H. Alexander 49 b/w photos, 23 maps 2011 | 464 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59114-553-0

THE INVASION OF FRANCE AND GERMANY

1944–1945, Volume 11

With a new introduction by David C. Isby 57 b/w photos, 14 maps 2011 | 416 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59114-577-6

CORAL SEA, MIDWAY AND SUBMARINE ACTIONS

May 1942–August 1942, Volume 4

With a new introduction by Jonathan Parshall 42 b/w photos, 16 maps 2010 | 368 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-550-9

NEW GUINEA AND THE MARIANAS

March 1944–August 1944, Volume 8

With a new introduction by Barrett Tillman 23 b/w photos, 28 maps 2011 | 496 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-59114-554-7

LEYTE

June 1944–January 1945, Volume 12

With a new introduction by Thomas J. Cutler 46 b/w photos, 31 maps 2011 | 512 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59114-535-6

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