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29 produkter
Requiem for Battleship Yamato
Häftad, 2013
276 kr
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A narrative of brief compass yet immense force, Yoshida Mitsuru's work makes a singular contribution to the literature of the Pacific War. Long a favourite in Japan, it was not fully translated into English until 1985 when the hardcover edition was first published in the United States to rave …
You'Re Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger
Av Roger Hall
Häftad, 2004
237 kr
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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story …
American Black Chamber
Häftad, 2013
317 kr
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During the 1920s Herbert O. Yardley was chief of the first peacetime cryptographic organisation in the United States, the ancestor of today’s National Security Agency. Funded by the US Army and the Department of State, Yardley’s small and highly secret unit based in New York succeeded in breaking …
Japanese Submarine Force and World War II
Häftad, 2013
266 kr
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When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner …
LeJeune
A Marine's Life, 1867-1942
Häftad, 2012
224 kr
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This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps succeeds in converting John A. Lejeune from a near mythical figure in corps history to a flesh and blood officer who helped build the service from a small appendage of the U.S. Navy to an important …
Brown Water, Black Berets
Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam
Häftad, 2012
326 kr
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The men of the U.S. Navy's brown-water force played a vital but often overlooked role in the Vietnam War. Known for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. In this …
Tin Can Sailor
Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945
Häftad, 2000
226 kr
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More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was …
Torpedo Junction
U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942
Häftad, 1996
273 kr
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In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area …
Divine Wind
Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II
Av Rikihei Inoguchi, Roger Pineau m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
218 kr
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A classic and poignant treatment of Japan's struggle between recognition of the kamikaze's futility and the country's pride in having made the attempt to stem the tide of the American advance in 1944-1945, this account, given by two former Kamikaze pilots, testifies to Japanese perspective of the …
Lady in the Navy
A Personal Reminiscence
Häftad, 2014
329 kr
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When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Hancock, the author of this revealing memoir. Her prominent role was acknowledged at the time by the secretary of the navy who credited her ideals, …
Red Scorpion
The War Patrols of the USS Rasher
Av Peter Sasgen
Häftad, 2012
326 kr
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The USS Rasher had an extraordinary record in World War II: she sank 18 enemy ships and destroyed 99,901 tons-the second highest tonnage of the war. Her fifth war patrol is the stuff of legends. In August 1944 during a single night surface attack on a Japanese convoy off the Philippines, she sank …
Destroyer Squadron 23
Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force
Av Ken Jones
Häftad, 2012
217 kr
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Called one of the most inspiring stories to come out of World War II when first published in 1959, this epic account of Arleigh Burke's legendary Destroyer Squadron 23 is much more than a story of ships and their tactical deployment. It is a story of men in action, some four thousand of them, and …
Colder than Hell
A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
Häftad, 2012
249 kr
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Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative, page-turning story of a Marine rifle company in the uncertain early days of the Korean War. His powerful descriptions of close combat on the snow-covered mountains of Chosin Reservoir and of the survival spirit of his Marines provide a gritty …
Sand Pebbles
Häftad, 2001
324 kr
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This now-classic novel by Richard McKenna enjoyed great critical acclaim and commercial success when it was first published in 1962. The winner of the coveted Harper Prize, it was on the New York Times bestseller list for seven months and was made into a popular motion picture that continues to be …
Man Who Never Was
World War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence Operation
Av Ewen Montagu
Häftad, 2001
294 kr
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As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British head of counter-intelligence Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece. The innovative plot was so successful that the Germans moved some of their …
Command of the Seas
Häftad, 2001
287 kr
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This infectiously readable memoir by the most colourful and controversial Navy Secretary in memory provides the inside story of the origins and battles at home and abroad in building a 600-ship Navy. Young, bright, and ambitious, John Lehman came to office refusing to be just another figurehead. …
In the Hands of Fate
The Story of Patrol Wing Ten, 8 December 1941-11 May 1942
Häftad, 2012
247 kr
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Patrol Wing Ten was the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of World War II, and the daring exploits of its PBY scout-plane pilots offer a dramatic tale of heroism, duty, and controversy. Poorly equipped and dead tired from flying back-to-back patrols with no …
Bridge at Dong Ha
Häftad, 1996
230 kr
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This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April 1972. Told by a fellow Marine, the account lays bare Ripley's innermost thoughts as he rigged 500 …
Yangtze Patrol
The U.S. Navy in China
Häftad, 2013
296 kr
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The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river …
Signal Victory
The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813
Av David C. Skaggs, Gerard Altoff
Häftad, 2012
224 kr
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The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, ""We have met the enemy and they are ours,"" the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first …
Iwo
Häftad, 2013
226 kr
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The story of one of the bloodiest battles in history, resulting in the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, is documented with a personal touch; the author himself was a member of that company. It is a searing and unique account of that battle, told from the perspective of both the …
Fleet the Gods Forgot
The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II
Av Walter G. Winslow USN (Ret.)
Häftad, 2014
296 kr
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The dramatic tale of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II received little attention prior to the publication of this book in 1982, when Winslow chronicled their short and tragic story of heroism and defeat.Greatly outnumbered by vastly superior forces, and saddled with defective equipment; a lack …
Fields of Fire
A Novel
Häftad, 2000
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320 kr
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Hailed as the most important novel to emerge from the Vietnam War when first published in 1978, this book launched a spectacular writing career for James Webb that now includes four bestselling novels. A much-decorated former Marine who fought and was wounded in Vietnam, Webb tells the story of a …
Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity
My Patrols on the Submarine USS Guardfish During WWII
Häftad, 2004
207 kr
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the USS Guardfish during World War II•Fascinating study of the only sinking of a US warship by submarinefriendly fireClaude Conner weaves a compelling tale of his experiences as a radar technician in the Pacific aboard the USS Guardfish, one of the Navy’s most successful World War II submarines. …
Dog Company Six
A Novel
Häftad, 2008
257 kr
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A Marine who wielded both pen and sword in a long, distinguished career captures the heroism and horror of the early days of the Korean War in this gripping novel. As a young man--with his own experiences in the war still vivid in his mind--Simmons wrote of the complex gamut of emotions and …
Pushing the Envelope
The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl
Av Maj Gen Marion E. Carl USMC (Ret.)
Häftad, 2014
262 kr
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• Autobiography of a fighter and test pilot during World War II and Vietnam•Among first marines to fly a helicopter•First Marine to be named to the Navy Carrier Aviation Test PilotsHall of HonorFirst published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full …
Red Sun Setting
The Battle of the Philippine Sea
Häftad, 2012
226 kr
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Many regard this work as the definitive account of a controversial conflict of the war in the Pacific, the June 1944 battle known as the ""Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."" Drawing on ten years of research and told from the viewpoint of the fliers and sailors who were on the firing line, William T. …
Secret Missions
The Story of an Intelligence Officer
Av Estate of Ellis M. Zacharias
Häftad, 2014
377 kr
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An instant bestseller when it was first published in 1946, this memoir recounts the author's nearly forty years of service in naval intelligence, beginning in 1908. One of the first to venture into the realm of psychological warfare, Ellis Zacharias was awarded the Legion of Merit with two gold …
Battle of Leyte Gulf
23-26 October 1944
Häftad, 2014
264 kr
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The last great naval battle of World War II, Leyte Gulf also is remembered as the biggest naval battle ever fought anywhere, and this book has been called the best account of it ever written. First published in hardcover on the battle's fiftieth anniversary in 1994 and drawing on materials not …
