Naval Military History
epub |eng | 2010-03-31 | Author:Roy Adkins [Adkins, Roy]

On the last day of the year the British rearguard reached Astorga, and by now Moore’s sole object was to save as many of his men as possible, destroying stores ...
( Category: Military Technology January 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-11-10 | Author:Craig L. Symonds

The new navy If there was a single moment in history when the United States abandoned its historic commitment to a militia navy and embraced the idea of a standing ...
( Category: Naval Military History January 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Buddy Levy

With this news Greely now knew that De Long had perished. And at least he knew, with some consolation, that he had a strong supporter back home in Henry Clay. ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy December 6,2019 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:James Tertius De Kay

Over half a century later, in 1973, British investigative reporter Colin Simpson discovered that the Germans had been right. He established that nearly the whole of the Lusitania’s cargo was ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 19,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1985-09-21 | Author:Richard Woodman

The breeze came from the west at mid-morning. Setting all sail, Drinkwater pressed Antigone to the east-north-east. Then, at six bells in the forenoon watch there was a brief lifting ...
( Category: Military September 22,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1977-01-02 | Author:Richard Marcinko

Chapter 16 I NEVER SET OUT TO MAKE ENEMIES. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS been both an aggressive and a mission-oriented creature, so I will do whatever it takes to get ...
( Category: Espionage May 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-23 | Author:James Bradley [BRADLEY, JAMES]

* * * IN 1873, EMULATING COMMODORE PERRY’S mission, Japanese diplomats sailed west in an American-made warship across the Yellow Sea to open uncivilized Korea to Western ways. They brought ...
( Category: Diplomacy March 26,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:James Bradley

* * * IN 1873, EMULATING COMMODORE PERRY’S mission, Japanese diplomats sailed west in an American-made warship across the Yellow Sea to open uncivilized Korea to Western ways. They brought ...
( Category: Diplomacy March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-08-15 | Author:George C. Daughan

ON DECEMBER 30, 1813, His Majesty’s packet Bramble, under Lieutenant Pogson, arrived at Annapolis, Maryland, from Plymouth, England, with the momentous news: Napoleon had suffered a near fatal blow at ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy March 25,2014 )