Cover: “Boeing F4B-3 of VF-1B” by R.G. Smith. Now known as VFA-14, the “Tophatters”, were designated as VF-1B from 1 July 1927 through 1 July 1934. The Tophatters flew Boeing F4Bs through the 1930s. USS Saratoga (CV-3) is visible in the background, to which, VF-1B was assigned.
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Looking like the cover of a romance novel or an advertisement for cologne, a pipe-smoking Dutch sailor sits with a kitten on his shoulder, 1912. (NARA of the Netherlands)
Getting ready for a big night out with his shipmates? The mascot of HMS Achilles wears his uniform while resting in a miniature hammock, circa 1939. (Author’s collection)
CATS IN THE NAVY
By Scot Christenson
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Navy hospital corpsman has a hat full of kittens on the transport USNS General Hugh J. Gaffey, 1951. The ship was used to transport the families of servicemen who were stationed overseas, so the cats may have provided entertainment for children. (NARA)
Scuttlebutt has his ID card checked as he begins his sentence of fifteen days’ restriction for going AWOL. (NARA)
Blackout wearing his custom life jacket. Blackout served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and was a grizzled veteran of three beach invasions. (U.S. Naval Institute photo archive)
The bulldog mascot of HMS Dreadnought. Many of the battleships that were inspired by the Dreadnought’s revolutionary design also adopted mascot bulldogs. (Author’s collection)
DOGS IN THE NAVY
By Scot Christenson
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THE KISSING SAILOR
The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II
By Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi; Foreword by David Hartman
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BATTLESHIP BISMARCK
A Design and Operational History
By William J. Garzke Jr., Robert O. Dulin Jr., and William Jurens with James Cameron
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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.
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THE BIG E
The Story of the USS Enterprise, Illustrated Edition
By Edward P. Stafford; Introduction
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—Norman Friedman, author of U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History
a flintlock trigger mechanism. The problem was delivery; Bushnell tried floating the barrel downstream, hoping it would bump against an anchored ship. He also constructed a one-man, pedal-driven submersible he called Turtle. Its mission was to fasten a mine to a ship’s bottom. In several forays, Turtle was able to maneuver to a target but not to attach her weapon. Bushnell recognized that his delivery systems were inefficient, but the practice of floating mines on the current persisted for another ninety years—an eternity in the history of technology. Mine warfare’s first major innovation was to address the delivery problem by targeting moving ships with stationary mines. An early instance of this technology (as well as one of the first uses of electromagnetic technology in Western war—see chap ters three and four) was an electrically-fired battery of bottom mines that defended Kiel harbor in the First Schleswig War (1848–51). The Russians were also early adopters, using moored, chemically fuzed contact mines to defend Kronstadt in the 1854 Crimean War. However, these systems were never tested in action, and the delivery question remained open.
“Depicted in panels that dazzle with their accuracy and cinematic flair . . . The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is an epic and thrilling account of naval warfare.” —Foreword Reviews
“James D. Hornfischer was one of America’s great narrative historians, and his The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors on the battle off Samar (October 25, 1944) details one of the great sagas of the Second World War. Now that story has been rendered in graphic format with drawings by Steven Sanders to engage an even wider audience. It is a reminder of the great debt owed by modern Americans to the sacrifices of those who served in the Second World War.” —Craig L. Symonds, author of World War II at Sea
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
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Fully revised, this book reflects the changing landscape of professional communication in general and changes in naval culture in the last decade across the fleet, making it an essential guide.
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“The Brown Water War at 50 is an achievement of the highest order—a collection of revelatory and insightful historical essays about an often-neglected but crucial aspect of the Vietnam War, the work of the U.S. Navy on the coastal and inland waters of South Vietnam. Editors and contributors—and Vietnam War Navy historians par excellence—Ed Marolda and Tom Cutler deftly weave in the personal and the historical in this brilliant retrospective.”—Marc Leepson, arts editor, senior writer, and columnist, The VVA Veteran magazine, and editor of The Webster’s New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War
BROWN WATER WAR AT 50
A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam
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“Reflections on Captivity is Porter Halyburton’s truly inspirational account of his and his fellow prisoners’ triumph over adversity in the infamous Hoa Lo 'Hanoi Hilton' and other prisons of North Vietnam. The F-4 Phantom crewman relates how the Americans employed considerable courage, determination, creativity, and humor to survive and indeed counter the brutal treatment of their captors.” —Edward J. Marolda, author of Admirals Under Fire: The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War
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High Command and War in the 21st Century
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―Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and author of The Sailor’s Bookshelf and The Leader’s Bookshelf
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—ADM Gary Roughead, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations
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“This outstanding overview of urban combat should be in every commander’s rucksack and on every trainer’s bookshelf. It is an indispensable guide to war in cities, today and into the future.” —David Kilcullen, author of Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
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978-1-68247-724-3
“One Nation Under Drones is recommended reading for all scholars, students, and military analysts to appreciate and debate. It is an upto-date, well-researched body of work on the history and exponential progress from remotely piloted aerial systems to autonomous armed drones across the air, land, and sea domains, as well as on civilian applications in the United States. The authors unquestionably present compelling debates to the legal and ethical challenges for not only the United States but for international leaders as well.”
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“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 interested in cybersecurity, disinformation, or Russia’s foreign policy would benefit from reading this book.” —J. Michael Daniel, president and CEO of Cyber Threat Alliance
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“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 disturbing, 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
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978-1-68247-437-2
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“The first edition of this book was a masterfully comprehensive, penetrating, and deeply informative introduction to all dimensions of cyber conflict, which has rapidly emerged as the dominant strategic arena of the 21st century. This new edition not only updates but improves the book’s achievements.”
—Richard K. Betts, Columbia University, author of Enemies of Intelligence and American Force
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“Ably written and thoroughly researched, this collection of studies sheds light not only on the biographies of some of America’s key space leaders—and also what ‘the right stuff’ looks like for pioneering leadership in a vital and emerging security domain. This is a must-read!”—Nicholas
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978-1-68247-144-9
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978-1-55750-735-8
Awarded the 2023 Air Force Historical Foundation Space History Book Prize
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—Col Carlos Pérez Méndez, Director Global Partnerships, HQ Space Force
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978-1-68247-845-5
“Dr. Marion takes readers through a fascinating story of national security space spanning multiple administrations, and an unlikely sequence of events that should go down in history as one of the greatest strategic moves to position the United States military to address the emerging threats of the future.”—Stephen Kitay, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Policy and former Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee
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978-1-68247-239-2
Series: Transforming War
Struggle for Empire fills a longstanding gap in the literature on important late-Qing officials. Zuo was a critically important figure in his time, and Swope returns this major statesman to his proper place in history.”—Peter Lorge, Vanderbilt University and author of Sun Tzu in the West: The AngloAmerican Art of War
“Since his time on the Hill, Sobolik has established himself as the conscience of the conservative coalition taking on the Chinese Communist Party. With Countering China’s Great Game he emerges as a strategist. Beijing, beware!”—Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, president and CEO, Long Term Strategy Group
“Xiaobing Li delivers a groundbreaking account of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), as well as the development of the PLAN Air Force, PLAN actions in the Vietnam War, and PLAN’s role in the 1970s South China Sea conflicts. This important and timely work covers the PLAN from its organizational development and operational perspectives during the Cold War up through its rapid transformation into the largest naval force in the early 21st century.” —Capt. Bernard D. Cole, USN (Ret.), author of China’s Quest for Great Power: Ships, Oil, and Diplomacy
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12 figures
978-1-68247-775-5
“Within its maritime area of focus, China as a Twenty-FirstCentury Naval Power is packed with detailed insights and should be on the shelf of every warrior-scholar in the joint force.” —Joint Force Quarterly
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5 maps, 7 tables, 5 b/w illustrations
978-1-55750-113-4
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“Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer is precisely what the subtitle says it is, a primer, and a very useful one…. Serious students of Chinese espionage and anyone interested in doing additional research—which the authors encourage—will find the footnotes and the bibliography extremely helpful.”
—The Cipher Brief
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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.
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The book covers China’s major maritime forces beyond core gray-hulled Navy units, with particular focus on China’s second and third sea forces: the “white-hulled” Coast Guard and “blue-hulled” Maritime Militia.
“A well-laid-out account of how Chinese intelligence works, along with its internal contradictions and conflicts.” —Foreign Policy
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“Readers interested in Amelia Earhart’s disappearance need look no further than Ric Gillespie’s book. Combining intensive research in primary sources, remote underwater vehicles, forensic archaeology, and rigorous deductive reasoning, Gillespie and his team have provided convincing evidence that Earhart’s last flight ended not in a ditching at sea, but in a forced landing on an atoll in the South Pacific. Although this book may not satisfy every skeptic, it will stand for some time as the definitive explanation for what may be the mystery of the 20th century.”—William F. Trimble, Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, author of Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power
“This is the essential honest account of the history that many of us have lived through, and before reading this amazing book, I didn’t even know the full story. Excellently researched and well written. An absolute must read for anyone who claims interest in America’s Navy. It is a testament to the service and sacrifice of so many women (and men) in the Navy and Marine Corps over the past 100 years that as of today, all jobs are open to women so that the very best people can be recruited and retained to defend the nation.”
—Lt. Col. Amy McGrath, USMC (Ret.) and founder of Honor Bound
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“Peter Dye may be my favorite airpower scholar. Having previously written a fascinating work on logistics in World War I, Dye expands his airpower aperture to give us deep insights into the early Royal Air Force (RAF). His focus on the leadership and professional relationships of the RAF’s father, Sir Hugh Trenchard, greatly expands our understanding of the period, especially key institutional dynamics. Ultimately, this lively and creative work provides compelling new insights into a well-trodden subject.”—Heather Venable, Course Director, Airpower Strategy and Operations, U.S. Air Command and Staff College
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“David Winkler has delivered, by far, the most comprehensive and fascinating history of America’s first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley. His superb analysis and extensive research into every aspect of the ship and its crew makes you feel as if you are on deck. This historical narrative exposes all the challenges, feats, and personalities associated with the birth of U.S. Navy carrier aviation. America’s First Aircraft Carrier is an absolute must for anyone who has a personal or professional interest in the history of naval aviation.” —Capt. Stan Fisher, USN, PhD, professor, U.S. Naval Academy and author of Sustaining the Carrier War
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“Larry Burke deserves accolades forthis superb new book. He has used an extraordinary range of primary and secondary sources, laced with sophisticated analysis, to uncover the convergence and divergence of technology, doctrine, and culture in Navy, Army, and Marine aviation in the formative years before World War I.” —William F. Trimble, author of Admiral JohnS. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power
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From the 1960s through to the 1990s, Captain Burrows test-flew all of the RAF’s fast-jets of the era, surviving two crash landings and two emergency ejections, as well as numerous other close shaves.
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“A detailed, well researched, well documented study of the Air Force Security Service.” —Forward in Flight
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“Thomas Wildenberg’s Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum is a fascinating look at a much overlooked area. While many talk about Electronic Warfare few truly understand its history and its importance. Wildenberg has done away with the mythology and secrecy in what will surely be one of the defining books on the subject. Here is the story of ‘EW’ from its inception to its modern use on the battlefield, told in the way only one of America’s preeminent naval historians is capable of doing.” —Dr. Brian D. Laslie, Command Historian, United States Air Force Academy
“Combining rich technical detail with remarkable readability, this new work is a milestone in the history and sociology of air warfare and technology. One of the most important air power history books of the last decade.” —Richard R. Muller, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
“In Tomcats and Eagles, Tal Tovy places the creation of perhaps the two most iconic aircraft of the Cold War era into a larger geopolitical construct. Using changes in both Soviet and American national security objectives, Tovy gives these aircraft their rightful place in the historiography. A lucid and authoritative look at fighter aircraft development.” —Brian D. Laslie, author of Air Power’s Lost Cause; command historian, United States Air Force Academy
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978-1-61251-910-4
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“Biography is the most difficult challenge in literature. The biographer must be a captivating storyteller, with the discipline and cultivation of an historian with a thorough grasp of the subject’s professional, political and geographic environment. When that subject is an international public figure, a leader, a teacher, scholar and mentor, and yet a very private person, the task is compounded. Admiral James Stavridis, himself a critically acclaimed author, is fortunate in attracting the attention of Stanley Carpenter, the noted historian. He has written a wonderful book, that should be on the required reading lists of every high school and university.”
—John Lehman, former
Secretary of the Navy and author of Oceans Ventured
ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS
By Stanley D. M. Carpenter
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Sailor, Scholar, Leader
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“Lambert’s new study of Alfred Thayer Mahan offers a fascinating and convincing series of arguments about a topic of clear relevance for today: sea power. [As he] traces the maturation of Mahan’s ideas about sea power, the reader gets fresh accounts of Mahan’s activities between articles and books.... The author closes the work by looking forward and broaching the idea that Mahan’s ideas about the utility of sea power should replace the outdated “power projection” roles proposed in the 1950s by Samuel Huntington for the Cold War (pp. 339-41), precisely because the great “commons” are once again contested in the 21st century.... Lambert’s work here is vital and provides a means to understand why Mahan’s intellectual sea power odyssey is still important today.”—Journal of Military History
2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature
In February 1917, German U-boats launched a savage unrestricted campaign against both Allied and neutral shipping. At its peak in April, 860,000 tons of Allied merchant shipping was sunk. Britain’s supremacy at sea was being severely challenged and with it the chances of victory in the wider war. Taking up the challenge was Britain’s new First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe, until the previous December C-in-C of the Britain’s Grand Fleet – famously described by Churchill as the only man who could have lost the war in an afternoon. The battle he now faced was equally critical, although the timeline of defeat was a matter of months rather than hours. Britain’s food stocks were dangerously low with wheat reserves down to six weeks and sugar to only two, while wide-scale shortages were crippling its industrial economy.
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“Concise, precise, and eminently readable. Kuehn here masters the formidable challenges of both succinctly explaining the strategic essence of the greatest naval war in history, while also integrating it into the larger framework of WWII’s global strategy. Laudable.”—Jonathan Parshall, co-author Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
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“An intense, compelling, courageous book by a gifted senior combat leader whose life was taken over by severe bipolar disorder—and who ultimately recovered and built a new life with the help of his wife, an Army comrade, the VA, and his faith. I served with Gregg Martin in combat; he is the real deal and so is his book, one that will provide enormous insight and inspiration to families grappling with mental illness.”
David Petraeus, General, U.S. Army (Ret.), former commander, Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, and former director of the CIA
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“Naval aviation owes a lasting debt to Eugene Ely and his employer, Glenn Curtiss. And history owes a debt to John H. Zobel for his tremendous biography of the first airman to take off from and land aboard a ship. The product of meticulous research, it unravels more than a century of myths and mysteries and provides the definitive biography of Eugene Ely amid his era.” —Barrett Tillman, author, On Wave and Wing: The 100-Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier
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2023 Army Historical Foundation
Distinguished Writing Award in the memoir and letters category
“Sandy has not only written a really good book chock full of gripping stories of serving at every level in the military . . . he managed to weave into it an incredibly useful framework for understanding leadership, creativity, and problem-solving. Any aspiring leader will benefit from picking it up . . . and I guarantee they won’t be able to put it down.” — Tim McGraw, country music singer and actor
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978-1-68247-874-5
“This new Dewey biography, the first since Ronald Spector’s Admiral of the New Empire: The Life and Career of George Dewey, published in 1988, is an interesting volume both for its subject, but also what could be described as an unusual approach that meets scholarly expectations but also incorporates a breezy, approachable style that readers, especially those with little historical or military knowledge, will enjoy.”
—Sea History
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“Adm. Stavridis has been variously called a ‘renaissance admiral,’ ‘a military intellectual,’ ‘the best of the new breed of military officers.’ All appropriately laudatory, but I suspect he’d settle for something simpler–the son of a man who set a high standard by serving as a (naval) officer for more than 30 years, perhaps; a devoted husband and a proud father, who was chosen to speak to his daughter’s NROTC graduating class; an accidental admiral, a sailor and a patriot, whose success and service to his country was no accident at all.”—The Washington Times
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“Hamilton’s book is copiously illustrated with photographs which show life aboard U-402 and some of the vessels she sank or damaged: many of them were made by his grandfather’s shipmate, Walter Friebolin, and others are drawn from private and official collections. The accompanying sidebars clearly explain the photographs and, like the charts at the end of the book, elucidate the narrative. Hamilton succeeds in making von Forstner and the crew of U-402 real people with whom we can empathise, and the final section of the book – a dive onto the now peaceful and overgrown remains of one of U-402’s victims – is a fitting conclusion to the story and reminder, if one were needed, of the price of war.” —Australian Naval Institute
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“Hamilton Bean has constructed a carefully researched and insightful narrative exploring the fascinating career of Lt. Cdr. Waldo Drake, USNR. Woven throughout the story is the history of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet during World War II and the birth of modern media relations and public relations. The strategic decisions and actions of Waldo Drake clearly demonstrate the power of communication as an essential part of the war effort. Drake’s pioneering efforts can be seen in contemporary use of communication as a tool in international conflict.” —Matthew Seeger, Distinguished University Professor of Communication, Fellow International Communication Association and author of several books including Narratives of Crisis
NIMITZ’S NEWSMAN
Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in the Pacific
“This deeply researched and carefully documented study conclusively refutes the myth of mass rape by American soldiers in occupied Japan after World War II. Walsh shows that projection by Japanese men in a patriarchal society, anti-American propaganda by Japanese communists and socialists, and the image of rape as a metaphor for conquest and submission created a false memory of sexual predation that was in reality far less common among American occupation forces than the legend.” —James M. McPherson, George Henry Davis Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University
THE “RAPE” OF JAPAN
The Myth of Mass Sexual Violence during the Allied Occupation
“Chris Hemler’s focused study on the critical role of fire support, from both ships and aircraft, during the amphibious campaigns of the Pacific War 1943–45, shows clearly how integration, coordination, and especially communication, are essential to effective combined arms operations.” —Craig L. Symonds, author of Nimitz at War
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16 b/w photos, 4 maps
978-1-68247-134-0
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“A well-researched and brilliantly conceived reckoning with the enduring power of D-Day as a pivot point in American history. Rusiecki is a superb storyteller. This is one of the truly essential books on D-Day we have. A triumph!” —Douglas Brinkley, author of The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
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16 b/w photos
978-1-68247-920-9
Winner of the 2023 John R. Lyman Award in Maritime History, North American Naval History
“Thanks to Robert Stern’s meticulous research in both Japanese and American sources, we now have the most complete account ever of the great aircraft carrier battles in the latter part of 1942. He describes—in almost minute-byminute detail—the moves and countermoves on the Pacific chessboard. Surely this will stand as the definitive work on the subject.” —Paul Stillwell, author of Battleship Commander: the Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
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49 b/w photos & 6 b/w maps 978-1-68247-568-3
“Delving deeply into unpublished unit and command histories from World War II, Dr. Fisher’s book shines a light on the under-studied and under-appreciated role of the enlisted maintainer in supporting the immense aerial armada that played such a large role in the victory over Japan.” —Laurence M. Burke II, author of At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Airplane, 1907–1917
“This fine-grained work adds another shining ornament to an already epic and unique series about the Pearl Harbor attack. The narrative culls from incredibly wide-ranging research countless gripping individual stories capturing the surprise, confusion, and heroism (or not), those fateful hours. In an additional distinction of the series, a galaxy of images, many rare and all meticulously captioned, multiplies the potent impact of the text.” —Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
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310 b/w photos; 18 b/w maps; 3 b/w figures
978-1-68247-602-4
Series: Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies
“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 pattern-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
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12 b/w illustrations
978-1-68247-830-1
“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
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“An especially inspirational and authoritative 75th anniversary retrospective by renowned authors and historians of the controversial battle that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. An essential resource for any study of this pivotal episode in modern military history.” —Edward J. Marolda, former director of Naval History (Acting)
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6 maps, 18 b/w illustrations
978-1-68247-880-6
“Prolific historian Trent Hone has produced another gem. He adroitly uses Admiral Chester Nimitz’s World War II command of the Pacific Fleet as a study in leadership. Nimitz combined wide professional knowledge, sound judgment, decisiveness, steely resolve, diplomacy, and loyalty to his chain of command to produce a hard-won victory.”
—Paul Stillwell, author of Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
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15 b/w photos, 8 maps, 5 tables 978-1-68247-595-9
“I feel that any student or enthusiast of all things warfare may find this an interesting read given the numerous and detailed examples of the challenges facing a technically advanced military (such as Germany’s). The authors are to be commended for their research and the amazing amount of related information.” — Nautical Research Journal
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“This important book describes Eisenhower’s defense policies during his two presidential terms, especially his efforts in East Asia, focused on strengthening indigenous militaries rather than stationing U.S. troops in the region. This well-researched, carefully argued book is recommended to readers interested in U.S. national security problems and policies.” —Bernard D. Cole, retired Navy captain and professor emeritus of the National War College
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“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 presentday defense and foreign policy debates.” —Michael W. Hankins, curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and author of Flying Camelot
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978-1-68247-620-8
“Highly engaging and thought-provoking, Griffin has put together an insightful book that leaves the reader with an improved understanding of pop culture’s impact on Reagan in not only leading the nation through the Cold War, but in the totality of his life as well.”—The Strategy Bridge
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“Ramos has brought to life the powerful personalities of Ernest Lawrence and many others whose technological skills and foresight helped shape—and ultimately win— the Cold War. In the process, he tells a compelling story of the men and women who went on to build one of the nation’s premier scientific and national security institutions.”—Chris Williams, former professional staff member of the House Armed Services Committee, former chairman of the Department of Defense Policy Board
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978-1-68247-753-3
“Evaluating the complexities of Britain’s naval campaigns against Revolutionary France in the Mediterranean, Casey Baker’s book stands out as a masterful blend of scholarly rigor and engaging narrative. It meticulously dissects the strategic and political dimensions of this pivotal era, presenting a nuanced understanding of the challenges faced by the British decision-makers. Rich in detail and analysis, the book illuminates the intricate maneuvers, both on the seas and in the diplomatic chambers, that shaped the course of the war in the Mediterranean. A must read for anyone interested in the British naval history and the broader impact of the Revolutionary Wars.”—Alexander Mikaberidze, professor of history, Louisiana State University
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Down to the Sea in Submarines is a unique memoir that charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service’s remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War.
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“I would rate this as being in the same class as The Cruel Sea for a picture of small ship life in World War Two.” —The Naval Review
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“ Training for Victory may be the most important book on military affairs to be published in recent years. The history of training and advising partner forces reveals that the United States can remain engaged in the world and advance the interests of the American people at low cost and risk. The alternative—retrenchment and disengagement—would result in high-cost wars and interventions.” —Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, USA (Ret.), former National Security Advisor and author of Dereliction of Duty
TRAINING FOR VICTORY
U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan
“Morton excels in linking infrastructure development to the emerging Atlantic System based on U.S. industrial output/export and eventual hegemony in finance.”
John T. Kuehn, Ph.D., professor, U.S. Army Command and Staff College and author of Strategy in Crisis
This book describes and demonstrates techniques unique to plastic sailing ship models, allowing the construction of authentic and personally satisfying models.
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“ Uncertain Allies should be required reading for today’s senior military leaders. This highly researched and engaging case study helps us to understand the complicated dynamics of political-military coordination. Its strong argument is highly relevant to current events and this book should appeal not just to military historians, but anyone interested in U.S. national security.”
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UNCERTAIN ALLIES
General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India Theater
“While I was aware of The Four Chaplains, Chaplain Robert Taylor, and Father Emil Kapaun, Men of God, Men of War highlights their colleagues who may have been known primarily only to their families. This remarkable book by Robert Doyle is one book every chaplain candidate and chaplains completing their chaplaincy basic training should have as a reference point for what might be asked of them.” —Fr. William D. Razz Waff, DMin, BCC, Major General, USA (Ret.)
MEN OF GOD, MEN OF WAR
Military Chaplains as Ministers, Warriors, and Prisoners
By Robert C. Doyle
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“Martin R. Howard’s The Fevered Fight: A Medical History of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 is a comprehensive account of the role that health care played in the Revolutionary War. A hospital consultant and accomplished historian, Howard brings a wealth of knowledge to this study. He examines both the British and the American sides of the Revolution as well as French and German efforts, and he offers insights on each of the major battles of the war. This is not a thesis-driven book, yet it is remarkably readable and full of important information that will complement anyone’s knowledge of the Revolution.” —Journal of the American Revolution
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“In this compelling book, Dr. Jack McCallum shines a bright light on the ancient union of war and disease. From smallpox in the American Revolution to malaria in World War II, milestone events in the U.S. military’s encounters with infectious diseases and their control are explored in rich and candid detail. Scholarly and engaging in equal measure, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the epidemiological history of war.” —Matthew Smallman-Raynor, University of Nottingham, author of War Epidemics: An Historical Geography
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“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 Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945 and coauthor of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919–1939
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THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
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
This fourteen-volume series is AVAILABLE as a set! THE HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II: SERIES BUNDLE
