How the Navy Won the War, Hardcover

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About the AuthorBruce L. Brager, a graduate of George Washington University, is a writer who has ghostwritten dozens of books and published numerou...

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A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..

With exclusive interviews, a Signal Corps veteran tells the full story of how cryptography helped defeat the Axis powers, at Bletchley Park and bey...

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This book is is first comprehensive history of te United States' World War II generals between the wars, covering not only their lives and careers ...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Chris DeRoseIllustration(s): Plus one 16-page black-and-white photograph insertNumber of pages: 352Publicati...

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When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling cou...

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DescriptionThis title is an exploration of a life at sea in the time of Captain Cook and Admiral Nelson, covering topics as wide-ranging as science...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressIllustration(s): colour illusNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 235 x 158 x 16Cover type: Hardba...

Reducere. The battleships of the Kongō class were the oldest, smallest, and fastest battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Initially classifi...

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Kirkus PrizeAmid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there...

Bartlett goes beyond Rorke's Drift to tell the largely forgotten story of how the Anglo-Zulu war was really won and lost.Publisher: Amberley Publis...

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An epic account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, Eddie Gallagher, and the courtroom battle that e...

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Describes MacLean's extensive Royal Navy war experiences in the Arctic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

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