Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy by
Drawn from a wealth of untold stories, Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover was the innovative driving force behind America's nuclear submarine navy and how he revolutionized naval warfare in the latter half of the twentieth century. Rickover's single-minded focus on safety protected Americans from nuclear contamination, a record that contrasts with the dozens of nuclear reactor accidents suffered by the Russians. While Rickover has been the subject of numerous biographies, little has been written about his unique management practices; however, Dave Oliver had the good fortune to know and to serve under Rickover during much of his thirty-year career in the Navy and is singularly qualified to explain the management and leadership principles behind Rickover's success
Damn the Torpedoes by
This book covers the history of mine countermeasures in the US Navy from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm.
The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898-1945 by
"The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 examines how the United States became a superpower through amphibious operations in order to project military power."
Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations by
"This book covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends (factors that have changed throughout history), constants (things that have not changed), and variables (things pertinent to each individual battle). The third edition highlights advances in unmanned vehicles, artificial intelligence, cyber warfare in peace and war, and other effects of information warfare.
Give Me a Fast Ship by
Give Me a Fast Ship is an epic tale of war on the high seas and history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by
"The first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare." The book won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature in 2004 from the Naval Order of the United States
The Navy's First Enlisted Women by
Women have volunteered to serve their nation during every war or conflict since the American Revolution. The female yeomen continued this legacy and remained focused despite strong criticism. The Navy operated more efficiently and effectively with them.
Needs and Opportunities in the Modern History of the U.S. Navy by
The essays in this book examine the modern history of the United States Navy in the subject areas of forward presence, operations, personnel policy, programming and acquisition management, science, social history, strategy, and technology.
Nineteen-Gun Salute: Case studies of Operational, Strategic, and Diplomatic Naval Leadership During the 20th and Early 21st Centuries by 
Ship Killer: A History of the American Torpedo by
Since the start of the 20th Century there have been several thousand books published about submarines and on the order of a thousand discussing aircraft attacks on ships. The principal weapon of most of those submarine attacks and many of the aerial attacks--both by land- and carrier-based aircraft--was the torpedo. Indeed the torpedo and the mine share responsibility--by a large margin--for sinking more ships than those lost to gunfire and bombs over the past 100 years.
However, only a handful of these books have been about torpedoes. Ship Killers will fill that gap by discussing U.S. Navy torpedo development through the end of the Cold War. It begins with a brief description of the weapons developed for "submarines" prior to the beginning of the 20th Century--the efforts of Americans Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War, and the U.S. Navy's attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo. Then, from the beginning of the 20th Century, the book will discuss American torpedo development in peace and during war, and their use--from submarines, surface warships and small combatants, and aircraft, including blimps and helicopters. The book will also covers the technologies and politics involved in torpedo development, and many unusual efforts to deliver torpedoes.
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale.
The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution by
The American Revolution was a naval war of immense scope, embroiling twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans. If the British had had the luxury of focusing on their American problem alone, the outcome would have been quite different.
Toward a New Maritime Strategy by
Toward a New Maritime Strategy examines the evolution of American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era. It recounts the development of the U.S. Navy's key strategic documents from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the release in 2007 of the U.S. Navy's maritime strategy, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower.
The U.S. Navy: Case Studies in Its Past, Present, and Future by
The U.S. Navy: Case Studies in its Past, Present, and Future argues that the challenge of determining the future structure and operation of the fleet can be best achieved through an examination of its relevant past experience, as well as from current operations of the navy.
Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels by
The book examines all of the nearly 500 of the Navy's unique miscellaneous auxiliary (AG) and unclassified miscellaneous (IX) vessels. It provides individual histories, specifications and illustrations for more than 40 of these ships in 32 chapters, as well as concise directory listings for another 400 vessels. The main text is supplemented with a glossary of terms and abbreviations, bibliography and three apprendices, and is further reinforced with a useful detailed index.
Warship Builders by
"Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s to the end of World War II, when American shipyards produced the world's largest fleet that helped defeat the Axis powers in all corners of the globe."
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