Admiral Jim Stavridis has for many years been a very prolific author and commentator. He proves that the expression “naval intellectual” is not a complete oxymoron. T ..
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Admiral Jim Stavridis has for many years been a very prolific author and commentator. He proves that the expression “naval intellectual” is not a complete oxymoron. T ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Submersibles (Naval), Work Boat World Features.
While the title fails to mention it, this book also covers mine layers and mine sweepers of the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy. The other craft are all interesting b ..
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The United States’ Office of Naval Intelligence, while founded with the best of intentions, became an enormous and sometimes unwieldy beast over the eight decades studi ..
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This is a very professionally and personally researched and delightfully written biography of one of America’s least known but most effective naval leaders of the Pacif ..
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In a sea of massive egos of the Douglas MacArthur and William “Bull” Halsey type, Clifton “Ziggy” Sprague stood out as someone who shied away from personal public ..
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The Imperial Japanese Navy’s “Super” battleships Yamato and Musashi were the two largest and most powerful of their kind ever built. They were, however, apart from ..
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This is an interesting but rather over-long approach to a well-known and very important naval battle. However, despite the excessive detail incorporated in this very usef ..
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Yet another brilliant book from the Naval Institute Press, this is both an excellent primer for junior officers and students of strategy and an aide memoire for more seni ..
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Thomas Cutler wrote an excellent book on the Battle of Leyte Gulf a quarter of a century ago. He has followed up brilliantly by compiling this, accurately named, retrospe ..
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