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Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy by John R. Hale Publisher Comments A stirring history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The navy created by the people of Athens in ancient Greece was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world and the model for all other national... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover 
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Guantanamo, USA: The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost by Stephen Irvi Schwab Publisher Comments Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War, Guantanamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island, the gulag of our times. This book takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag Publisher Comments Two investigative reporters and a researcher tell the epic story of American espionage from the early Cold War Years to the Clinton Administration, showing how the Navy and CIA have used submarines to gather intelligence and launch covert operations... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag Publisher Comments For decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage in missions known only to a select few. Now, after six years of research, those missions are told in Blind Man's Bluff, a magnificent achievement... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pirates: Predators of the Seas: An Illustrated History by Angus Konstam Publisher Comments Pirates have captivated our imaginations for generations, and the popularity of the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films has planted them even more firmly in our minds. But what were pirates really like? Author Robert Ritchie guides us on a tour of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion by Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler Publisher Comments Forty years ago, in May 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank in mysterious circumstances with a loss of ninety-nine lives. The tragedy occurred during the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and it followed by only... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley Publisher Comments In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Development of Mobile Logistic Support in Anglo-American Naval Policy, 1900-1953 (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology) by Peter V. Nash Synopsis "An excellent nuts-and-bolts examination of how the United States Navy and the Royal Navy learned to keep their fleets supplied (and fighting) on station. A key to understanding not how fleets fought but how they kept on fighting."--James P... (read more) List Price $85.50 Your price: $81.50 New - Hardcover
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The Sea Hunters II by Clive Cussler Publisher Comments For 23 years, Cussler's NUMA--the National Underwater & Marine Agency--has scoured Earth's waters in search of lost ships of historic significance. This collection contains more of their true adventures. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Empires of the Sea: the Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (08 Edition) by Roger Crowley Publisher Comments In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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The World of Jack Aubrey: Twelve-Pounders, Frigates, Cutlasses, and Insignia of His Majesty's Royal Navy by David Miller Publisher Comments Here's a stunningly illustrated guide to the ships, weapons, uniforms, and equipment described in Patrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 popular novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin.... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps (Bluejacket Books) by Victor H. Krulak Publisher Comments Legendary Marine General "Brute" Krulak deftly blends history with autobiography to touch the very essence of the Corps.... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power by Kenneth J Hagan Publisher Comments A sweeping account of the American naval experience from the wooden Continental Navy to contemporary projections for the service's high-tech mission in the next century.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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French Battleships: 1922-1956 by John Jordan Synopsis The French battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most radical and influential battleship designs of the interwar period, and were coveted by the British, German and Italian navies following the Armistice of June 1940. Using a wealth... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Hardcover
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag Publisher Comments Over the course of five years, investigative reporters Sherry Sontag and Chris Drew interviewed hundreds of men who had never spoken about their underwater livesnot even to their wives and children. They uncovered a wealth of classified information: the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution: "Old Ironsides" (Anatomy of the Ship) by Karl Heinz Marquardt Book News Annotation Nicknamed "Old Ironsides" after a 30-minute engagement with the British HMS Guerriere in 1812, the USS Constitution is the subject of this close-up view. In a manner popular in aviation publications, but here applied to ships, The Anatomy of the Ship... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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The Mammoth Book of Life Before the Mast: Sailon's Eyewitness Stories from the Age of Fighting Ships by Jon E. Lewis Publisher Comments The stirring firsthand accounts of the real-life naval adventures behind the popular historical sagas of Patrick O'Brian and C. F. Forester. The twenty true-life adventures in this exhilarating volume capture the glory and the gore of the great age of... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Collision with History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109 by Robert D Ballard Publisher Comments Michael Hamilton Morgan writes on the PT 109 collision: It' s about 2 a.m., August 2, 1943. Lt. John F. Kennedy squints into the fog and black while at the wheel of PT 109, idling in the Blackett Strait off Gizo in the Solomon Islands. His orders are to... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Naval Officer's Guide by William P. Mack Publisher Comments Intended primarily for junior officers, this indispensable guide serves as a ready reference for senior officers as well.... (read more) List Price $42.95 Your price: $40.95 New - Hardcover
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War at Sea in the Ironclad Age (Smithsonian History of Warfare) by Richard Hill Publisher Comments < p> The nineteenth century saw several major innovations in naval warfare. Reliable steam engines made it so that ships no longer depended on the wind and could maneuver more freely. At the same time, new explosive shells were developed, replacing... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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