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“terence e mcknight”

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  • Pirate Alley

    Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia

    by Terence E McKnight, Michael Hirsch ...
    Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings magazine, Pirate Alley is now available in paperback. The book provides an in-depth look at every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to how the actions of a relative handful of youthful criminals and their bosses have impacted the world economy. It explores the debate over the recently adopted practice of putting armed guards ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • In Harm's Way

    The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

    by Doug Stanton ...
    A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster -- and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived.On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Pacific Naval War 1941–1945

    by David Wragg ...
    This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.The Pacific War was primarily fought at sea. Naval power allowed the Japanese to mount their attack on Pearl Harbor and then advance westwards and southwards. It also enabled the Allies to strike back and even take the war to Japan itself. The tide turned very quickly, with the US ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Second World Wars

    How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

    by Victor Davis Hanson ...
    A comprehensive account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian and author of The Dying Citizen**.****“Breathtakingly magisterial.” —**Wall Street JournalWorld War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

    by Eric Hammel ...
    GUADALCANAL: Starvation Island by Eric Hammel =- The Japanese defeats at Midway and Guadalcanal decided the outcome of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was the classic three-dimensional campaign. On land, at sea, and in the air, fierce battles were fought with both sides stretching their supplies and equipment to the breaking point. The campaign lasted six months, involved nearly one million men, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Operation Storm

    Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II

    by John Geoghegan ...
    The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their timeIn 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • British Heavy Cruisers 1939–45

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 190 - New Vanguard
    The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty.The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire, and which were well-armed enough that they could destroy ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific

    by Gerold Frank, James D. Horan, J. M. Eckberg ...
    U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific is the famous first-hand account of the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Seawolf a.k.a. the Wolf which patrolled the Pacific during World War 2 and had over a dozen confirmed enemy sinkings. Shoving off the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, Chief Radioman J. (Joseph) M. (Melvin) Eckberg takes the reader on a tense and dramatic journey during his initial ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sea Fever

    The True Adventures that Inspired our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway

    by Sam Jefferson ...
    How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide? How did Masefield survive Cape Horn and a near-nervous breakdown to write Sea Fever?The waters of this world ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Captain Kidd's Treasure - Fact and Fantasy (Illustrated)

    The Hunt for Buried Pirate Treasure

    by Howard Pyle (Author, Illustrator), Ralph Paine, Ben Hammott (Editor) ...
    These books are the illustrated versions of the original Howard Pyle's Books and include colour and Black & White images. When we think of pirates, a few names immediately come to mind, among them one who has become legendary in his ruthless attacks on innocent ships, the Pirate Capatin Kidd, which he then plundered of all valuables to make him staggeringly wealthy. Equally legendary was his habit ... Read more

    $5.36 USD

  • The Buccaneer's Realm

    by Benerson Little ...
    In 1674, it is three years since Henry MorganÆs pirates sacked Panama. England is now at peace with Spain, and soon France, Holland, and Spain will briefly be at peace among themselves. But soon buccaneers and their French counterparts, the filibusters, will seize the opportunity of material gain presented by the far-flung and failing Spanish Empire. And Spain will produce its own notorious ... Read more

    $29.95 USD

  • Iron Dawn

    The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History

    by Richard Snow ...
    “An utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles” (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea power—from acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review).No single sea battle has had more far-reaching consequences than the one fought in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1862. The ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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