Gunn spent 22 years as an aerospace marketing executive at McDonnell Douglas. During that time, he developed a process for strategic selling and marketing that delivered $250 billion in sales of milit
After publishing six successful novels about the surface engagements of World War II, including the now classic South to Java (coauthored with his son), William Mack turns his attention and considerab
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, England’s greatest sailor, fell deeply in love with Emma Hamilton in the years before Trafalgar. This, together with his quest for glory and victory entangled him in an in
The author describes his experiences as a young officer on a battleship, portrays the daily life of the crew, and recalls how he witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
In this autobiography, Bill Lawrence (d. 2005) reflects on his 37-year career in the U.S. Navy. Coverage includes his brutal imprisonment at the "Hanoi Hilton" during the Vietnam War and his later ris
During World War II navies developed low visibility, horizontal and vertical surface camouflage for their ships. The camouflage served to reduce the visibility of the ships by blending them in with th
The United States has the most expensive and seemingly unstoppable military in the world. Yet, since World War II the nation’s military success rate has been meager. The Korean War was a draw, while V
Craig F. Morris explores the beginnings of American strategic bombing theory, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped that change, and how technology molded military doctrine. This much-need
This new book tells the remarkable story of the design and construction of the many merchant ships that not only contributed to their country’s war efforts, but were also responsible for a cultural ch
Cross (a former chief instructor and commandant at the British Jungle Warfare School and now the official historian of the Royal Nepal Army) combines military history, tactical analysis, and personal
RMS Titanic has had more written about her than any other ship, but surprisingly there is little information directed at the modelmaker. This superb book contains all the information needed to build a
In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay joined the Royal Navy and spent the next eight years at sea. His colorful memoir describes a sailor s hard life during the period and includes actions off t
Mauroni (a senior policy analyst with Northrop Grumman) reviews US Department of Defense policies towards the threat of what are commonly called weapons of mass destruction from 1995 to 2005. In contr
One hundred years after its first printing, Sir William Clowes's superb seven volume study still retains its position as the preeminent history of the Royal Navy.Volume 5 covers the Napoleonic Wars.
