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Inside The Danger Zone: The US Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-1988 |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:42 |
Author: Harold Lee Wise
Publisher: The Naval Institute Press
From Baird Maritime:
Few remember and fewer have studied the build-up to the First Gulf
War or, indeed, the Second. It is, nevertheless, an important part of
recent history and a vital precursor to the mess the United States
currently finds itself in in Iraq.
The Middle East in general and the Gulf in particular have for most
of the past Century been a very important but very dangerous region for
Western governments in general and America’s in particular.
This carefully researched and very clearly written book describes
how the US activity in the Gulf developed against the background of the
Iranian attack on the USS ‘Stark’, a frigate. It describes what was
effectively a guerrilla war at sea.
This excellent book has it all. A history that reads like a novel,
it combines naval action, oil politics, religious and regional
rivalries, triumph and disaster.
Another masterpiece from The Naval Institute Press!
Ordering Information:
The Naval Institute Press
Annapolis, USA
Web: www.usni.org
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Conway’s The War at Sea in Photographs 1939-1945 |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:42 |
Author: Stuart Robertson and Stephen Dent
Publisher: Conway
From Baird Maritime:
Truly international in scope, this big book of excellent photographs
shows the naval part of World War II from the point of view of almost
all its participating nations.
The photographs are first rate but so, also, is the text describing
and linking them. So much so that really the book becomes a one volume
history of the Second World War at sea.
Conway may be British based but it takes a global view of naval
history that is typified by this fine book. It provides a really good
record of the most intensive period of naval activity in history.
Ordering Information:
Conway
London, UK
Web: www.anovabooks.com
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Bankrupting the Enemy: The US Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:42 |
Author: Edward S. Millar
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
From Baird Maritime:
Only the amazing Naval Institute Press could produce and effectively
promote an apparently obscure but actually vitally important book such
as this.
Going well beyond conventional wisdom as to the causes of the War in the Pacific, this book shows that money was actually at the heart of
the matter. It provides a stark lesson to other recalcitrant regimes
that they should not keep all their eggs in the one currency basket.
Something some of America’s Gulf state friends and enemies have finally
awakened to.
It is a complex story but one that has been very clearly told. All governments can learn from it. Some fortunately have.
A very thought provoking book.
Ordering Information:
Naval Institute Press
Annapolis, USA
Web: www.usni.org
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The Tugworld Review 2006-2007: Featuring 36 Tugs with GA Drawings |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:42 |
Author: Edited by Dawn Gorman
Publisher: The ABR Company
From Baird Maritime:
If you want to learn of the most recent developments in tugs on a global basis, this is the place to start.
Comprising detailed reviews of 36 of the latest tugs built
throughout the world over the past year, it provides the reader with an
excellent overview. It also offers a really good guide to trends in the
tug sector.
For example, it documents the inexorable movement of tug building
from west to east. Asia now being the epicentre of the trade. It shows
how a comparatively small number of specialist tug designing naval
architects are dominating the field.
It also clearly shows how the global competition, inherent in the
sector, improves the breed. In terms of design, construction, equipment
and finishes, today’s tugs are a huge advance on those of even only two
decades ago.
Ordering Information:
The ABR Company
Bradford on Avon, UK
Web: www.tugandsalvage.com
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:42 |
Author: Kit and Caroline Bonner
Publisher: Zenith Press
From Baird Maritime:
Another in the Zenith Press “At War” series, this is a good one. It
describes the history of the lead ship in the final series of American
battleships.
‘Iowa’ has had a long and successful career. Conceived in the 1930s,
commissioned in the early 1940s and decommissioned in the 1990s, she
was a very good investment for the U.S. Navy. She served for about
sixty years and in three major wars.
An impressively powerful series of ships well described in this extensively illustrated history.
Ordering Information:
Zenith Press
St Paul, USA
Web: www.zenithpress.com
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