Fishermen, the Fishing Industry and the Great War at Sea. A Forgotten History?, Paperback - ***

This book examines the scale and scope of the largely forgotten role played for the Admiralty by 3000 armed fishing vessels, 39, 000 fishermen and ...

The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the ov...

With more than 125 breathtaking maps and charts, this is the only exclusively cartographic presentation of the Great War at sea.

An updated edition with new material of the acclaimed re-examination of a shared history, telling the rich and revealing story of the long relation...

Reducere. The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet. More major naval actions were fought there than in the Atlantic o...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Kevin WraightNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 18Cover typ...

An expert overview of the history of the battleship, looking at its origins, the role played by battleships in both World Wars, famous ships, and w...

Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

In the vast literature of the Second World War there has never been a naval atlas showing graphically the complexities of the war at sea, a war whi...

From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare presents the latest archa...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the closing days of World War II a crisis was emerging for German civilians trapped on the Eastern Front by the Red Army. Many lived ...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

Publisher: Red Sea Press, U.S.Number of pages: 428Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 229 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Edmund...

Publisher: EverymanAuthor(s): Tim SpicerNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 248 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecu...

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

Reducere. DescriptionContinuing in the vein of his Lincoln Prize-winning book Lincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents a...

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

In 1961, Charles Gallagher graduated from the Naval Academy at the age of 20. Little did he know that after his first ship completed a Mediterranea...

A WW2 heroine. - Dan Snow Love, duty and true-life adventure in the shadow of the Second World War Christian Lamb is one of the last surviving Wren...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Richard HoughNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 33Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

In 1941, Britain stood alone. North Africa dominated the news. Bismarck sank Hood. Fortress Britain endured the Blitz. Russia was invaded. Japan wo...

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A special two volume set on the Russian navy at war in the early 20th century Vladimir Semenoff's account of the famous naval Battle of Tsushima is...

When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapo...

This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader...

Reducere. Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to ...

Reducere. A Russian Naval Officers Account and HistoryThe Russo-Japanese war as it was fought at sea in the first years of the 20th century fascinates reader...

Masterly.' - CHARLES VYVYAN, STANDPOINT'Fascinating stuff.' - SPECTATOR'Possibly the finest, most comprehensive analysis of the home front in the G...

Drawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Through twenty-two casts the author, one of the Britain's best-known freshwater fisherman, quits land in favour of the sea. There, he discovers the...

DescriptionBuilt around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedra...

In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Pam PreedyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 430Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 233 x 50Cov...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Pam PreedyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 430Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 160 x 239 x 46Cov...

A Sunday Times Bestseller'Superbly frank and unsentimental... The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well...

Reducere. DescriptionA leading naval and military historian presents the first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theaters. Vividly ...

Reducere. Michigan Notable BooksWith lively narration, telling anecdotes, and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War tells the story as never...

Publisher: City of London Phonograph & Gramophone SocietyAuthor(s): Tim Wood-WoolleyNumber of pages: 28Collection: CLPGS Reference SeriesPublicatio...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Linda FitzpatrickIllustration(s): B/W and colour photographsNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2010Dimen...

As we mark the centenary of the end of World War One, this astonishing book collects over five hundred remarkable photographs and rarely seen mater...

Reducere. This comprehensive and authoritative history of the War of 1812, thoroughly revised for the 200th anniversary of the historic conflict, is a myth-s...

Reducere. A vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during the Great Famine The standard stor...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Mark ShearwoodIllustration(s): 1 map, 6 ills, 93 photosNumber of pages: 120Collection: Helion WargamesPublica...

Maritime Eurasia, a region that facilitates international commerce and contains some of the world's most strategic chokepoints, has challenged the ...

DescriptionThe complete and illustrated history of Russia's armed forces from the Russian Revolution until the present day, covering both their inv...

Reducere. First published almost a century ago, this classic text on the history and tactics of naval warfare had a profound effect on the imperial policies ...

Reducere. The first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theatres. The canvas is broad and deep, from the strategic perspective at ...