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The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Command

Thomas J Cutler
The U S Naval Institute on Naval Command Book PDF

Author : Thomas J Cutler
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518893

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In the U.S. Navy, “Wheel Books” were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of reference information for more experienced personnel, those weathered pages contained everything from the time of the next tide, to leadership hints from a respected chief petty officer, to the color coding of the phone-and-distance line used in underway replenishments. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute’s vast archives, the series will combine articles from the Institute’s flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects. Command is the pinnacle of leadership in a military organization. Navy regulations define both the authority and the responsibility of command as “absolute.” This Naval Institute Wheel Book provides practical guidance and advice that actual and would-be commanders can use to carry out that absolute authority. Included in this carefully selected collection is the experience of those who have commanded as well as the expectations of those who are commanded. Aspirants as well as practitioners will do well to exploit this selected survey of what Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz described as the “one purpose” for entering the Navy.

The U.S. Naval Institute on Leadership Ethics

Timothy J Demy
The U S Naval Institute on Leadership Ethics Book PDF

Author : Timothy J Demy
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781682470213

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The U.S. Naval Institute on Leadership Ethics by Timothy J Demy Pdf

This volume focuses on naval leadership and ethics with respect to the individual leader and how his or her values and actions affect military cohesion, mission success, and the profession of arms. Moving beyond the “right and wrong” of personal ethics to examine the broader field of professional military ethics, this carefully selected collection of relevant materials from the Naval Institute’s vast collection of articles recognizes the range of experience, perspectives, and opinions that are found in the sea services and argues that diversity does not preclude acceptance of common core values and standards of performance within any unit. Included are articles by Adm. Arleigh Burke and Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale that speak from long personal experience regarding the topics of integrity and moral courage.

The Battle of Midway

Thomas C. Hone
The Battle of Midway Book PDF

Author : Thomas C. Hone
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 168247030X

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The Battle of Midway by Thomas C. Hone Pdf

The best way for todays sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the U.S. Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed accounts by individuals who fought on both sides of the June 1942 battle. The anthology pulls together memoirs, articles, excerpts from other Naval Institute books, and relevant government documents to help readers understand what happened and explain why the battle was so significant to the naval service. The core of the book focuses on events leading up to the battle and the battle itself, with a separate section examining how others have interpreted the battles often desperate engagements. When the U.S. Navy stopped the Japanese steamroller off Midway Island, it not only turned the progress of the war but set the Navys foundation for future counter offensives. The Navys comeback spread to the Solomon Islands and on to the other key strategic areas in the Pacific. While many know that Midway was a crucial American victory, they often do not know the details of the battle. This book tells how, for example, the American PT boats contributed to the victory, how the carrier planes formed up for their attacks, and what role radar played in the battle. In addition to excerpts from books and articles, the guide includes selections from several important Naval Institute oral histories. From the enlisted mans perspective all the way to the admirals, for both Americans and Japanese, readers see the U.S. Navys greatest victory as the participants saw it.

The Admirals' Advantage

Christopher Ford,David A Rosenberg
The Admirals Advantage Book PDF

Author : Christopher Ford,David A Rosenberg
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612513300

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The Admirals' Advantage by Christopher Ford,David A Rosenberg Pdf

Operational intelligence, knowledge of the enemy’s location and actions, is crucial to effective military operations. The Admirals’ Advantage offers a revealing look at naval operational intelligence based on the findings of a classified Operational Intelligence (OPINTEL) Lessons-Learned Project and a 1998 Symposium at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center. Participants included senior intelligence and operational leaders who explored the evolution and significance of OPINTEL since World War II. Past and current practices were examined with inputs from fleet and shore commands and insights from interviews and correspondence with senior flag officers and intelligence professionals.

Flight of the Intruder

Stephen Coonts
Flight of the Intruder Book PDF

Author : Stephen Coonts
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429955041

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Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts Pdf

A smash bestseller that spent over six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Flight of the Intruder became an instant classic. No one before or since ever captured the world of Navy carrier pilots with the gripping realism of Vietnam veteran Stephen Coonts, who lived the life he wrote about. More than a flying story, Flight of the Intruder is also one of the best novels ever written about the Vietnam experience. It's all here—the flying, the dying, the blood and bombs and bullets, and the sheer joy—and terror—of life at full throttle. "Gripping...Smashing. —The Wall Street Journal Grazing the Vietnam treetops at night at just under the speed of sound, A-6 Intruder pilot Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton knows exactly how precarious life is. Landing on a heaving aircraft carrier, dodging missiles locked on his fighter, flying through clouds of flak—he knows each flight could be his last. Yet he straps himself into a cockpit every day. "Extraordinary!"—Tom Clancy Then a bullet kills his bombardier while they're hitting another ‘suspected' truck depot. Jake wonders what his friend died for—and why? Hitting pointless targets selected by men piloting desks just doesn't make sense. Maybe it's time to do something worthwhile. Something that will make a difference... "Superbly written." — Washington Times Jake and his new bombardier, ice-cold Tiger Cole, are going to pick their own target and hit the enemy where it hurts. But to get there and back in one piece is going to take a lot of nerve, even more skill, and an incredible amount of raw courage. Before it's over, they're going to fly into hell.

Battleship Bismarck

William H. Garzke,Robert O. Dulin,William Jurens,James Cameron
Battleship Bismarck Book PDF

Author : William H. Garzke,Robert O. Dulin,William Jurens,James Cameron
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526759757

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Battleship Bismarck by William H. Garzke,Robert O. Dulin,William Jurens,James Cameron Pdf

“A complete operational history of the Bismarck . . . with period photos [and] underwater photography of the wreck, allowing a forensic analysis of the damage.” —Seapower This new book offers a forensic analysis of the design, operation, and loss of Germany’s greatest battleship, drawing on survivors’ accounts and the authors’ combined decades of experience in naval architecture and command at sea. Their investigation into every aspect of this battleship is informed by painstaking research, including extensive interviews and correspondence with the ship’s designers and the survivors of the battle of the Denmark Strait and Bismarck’s final battle. Albert Schnarke, the former gunnery officer of Tirpitz, Bismarck’s sister ship, aided the authors greatly by translating and supplying manuscript materials from those who participated in the design and operations. Survivors of Bismarck’s engagements contributed to this comprehensive study including D.B.H. Wildish, RN, damage control officer aboard HMS Prince of Wales, who located photographs of battle damage to his ship. After the wreck was discovered in 1989, the authors served as technical consultants to Dr. Robert Ballard, who led three trips to the site. Filmmaker and explorer James Cameron has also contributed a chapter, giving a comprehensive overview of his deep-sea explorations on Bismarck and sharing his team’s remarkable photos of the wreck. The result of nearly six decades of research and collaboration, this is an “encyclopedic and engrossing” account (Naval Historical Foundation) of the events surrounding one of the most epic naval battles of World War II. And Battleship Bismarck finally resolves some of the major questions around her career, not least the most profound one of all: Who sank the Bismarck, the British or the Germans?

The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Strategy

Thomas J Cutler
The U S Naval Institute on Naval Strategy Book PDF

Author : Thomas J Cutler
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518886

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The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Strategy by Thomas J Cutler Pdf

In the U.S. Navy, “Wheel Books” were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of reference information for more experienced personnel, those weathered pages contained everything from the time of the next tide, to leadership hints from a respected chief petty officer, to the color coding of the phone-and-distance line used in underway replenishments. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute’s vast archives, the series will combine articles from the Institute’s flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects. Strategy is described by the Dictionary of Modern Strategy and Tactics as having “a permanent nature, but an ever-changing character.” For more than a century, both the nature and the character of this essential discipline have been explored in depth by contributors to the Naval Institute’s magazines, books, and oral histories. Drawing from those powerful resources, this collection makes clear why naval strategy has always straddled the boundaries between art and science and why its study and employment are essential components of the sea service profession.

The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet

Norman Polmar
The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U S Fleet Book PDF

Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Aircraft carriers
ISBN : 1591146852

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The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet by Norman Polmar Pdf

Provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. Navy and gives the history, specifications, and tactical role of naval ships and aircraft.

The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Tactics

Estate of Wayne P Hughes
The U S Naval Institute on Naval Tactics Book PDF

Author : Estate of Wayne P Hughes
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518916

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The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Tactics by Estate of Wayne P Hughes Pdf

In the U.S. Navy, “Wheel Books” were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of reference information for more experienced personnel, those weathered pages contained everything from the time of the next tide, to leadership hints from a respected chief petty officer, to the color coding of the phone-and-distance line used in underway replenishments. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute’s vast archives, the series will combine articles from the Institute’s flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects. Naval tactics were described by Vice Adm. A.K. Cebrowski, a brilliant thinker on the subject of naval warfare, as “the sum of the art and science of the actual application of combat power.” Renowned naval tactician Capt. Wayne Hughes called the study of naval tactics as striving “to bring whatever order and understanding is possible out of the chaos of battle.” With those words of wisdom serving as the “commander’s intent,” this collection sheds a bright light on this sometimes dark and mysterious but unquestionably essential realm, illuminating the principles and concepts of tactics that serve the warrior at the most critical moments.

Dorwart's History of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1865–1945

Jeffery Dorwart
Dorwart s History of the Office of Naval Intelligence 1865 1945 Book PDF

Author : Jeffery Dorwart
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591146193

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Dorwart's History of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1865–1945 by Jeffery Dorwart Pdf

This is the history of the founding in 1882 and operation through two world wars of America's first permanent intelligence agency, the Office of Naval Intelligence. In this study Dr. Jeffery M. Dorwart shows how and why a tiny late 19th century U.S. Navy bureau created to collect information about foreign warship design became during two world wars a complex and sometimes troubled domestic and worldwide intelligence agency. More significantly, this history of O.N.I. demonstrates how the founders and first generations of U.S. naval officers trained to man warships at sea confronted what seemed an inherent dilemma in new missions that interfered with providing technical and operational information to their navy. Dorwart explains the forces that created this dilemma and how ONI officers responded in different ways to their intelligence mission. This history recounts how from the very beginning ONI duty during the last decades of the 19th century seemed conflicting. Some found the new assignment very rewarding in collecting and collating data for the U.S. to build a "New Navy" of steel and steam-powered warships armed with the latest rifled ordnance. But other naval officers saw assignment to this tiny office as a monotonous dead-end assignment endangering their careers as shipboard operators. Dorwart shows how the first and second world wars and interwar period dramatically accelerated the naval intelligence office's dilemma. The threats in both oceans from powerful enemy navies equipped with the latest technology and weaponry gave an urgency to the collection of information on the strategies, warships, submarines, and aircraft development of potential and actual naval enemies. But at the same time ONI was asked to provide information of possible domestic threats from suspected enemy spies, terrorists, saboteurs or anti-war opponents. This led ONI officers to wiretap, break and enter, pursue surveillance of all types of people from foreign agents to Americans suspected of opposition to strengthening the U.S. Navy or becoming involved in world wars. This history explains that many ONI directors and officers were highly motivated to collect as much information as possible about the naval-military capabilities and strategies of Germany, Italy, Japan, and even allies. ONI officers understood that code-breaking was part of their job as well. But this all led some to become deeply involved in domestic spying, wiretapping, breaking and entering on private property. These extralegal and at times illegal operations, Dorwart argues, confused some ONI officers, leading to too much information that clouded vital intelligence such as Japanese plans to attack American naval bases. In the end, this study demonstrates the dilemma confronted between 1882 and 1945 by dedicated U.S. naval officers attached to or collecting information worldwide for the Office of Naval Intelligence.

U.S. Navy Ships and Coast Guard Cutters

Van Orden, M. D.
U S Navy Ships and Coast Guard Cutters Book PDF

Author : Van Orden, M. D.
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0870212125

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U.S. Navy Ships and Coast Guard Cutters by Van Orden, M. D. Pdf

Text and photographs introduce the characteristics and purposes of the various types of ships in the present-day Navy.

Rethinking the Principles of War

Anthony D. Mclvor
Rethinking the Principles of War Book PDF

Author : Anthony D. Mclvor
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-30
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 1591144825

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Rethinking the Principles of War by Anthony D. Mclvor Pdf

This work features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. Following an introduction by Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commander I Corps, U.S. Army, the anthology first considers the general question of whether there is a distinctly American way of war. Dr. Colin Gray's opening essay "The American Way of War: Critique and Implications" provides a state of the question perspective. Sections on operational art, with writers addressing the issues in both conventional and small wars; stability and reconstruction; and intelligence complete the volume. Among the well-known contributors are Robert Scales, Mary Kaldor, Ralph Peters, Jon Sumida, Grant Hammond, Milan Vego, and T.X. Hammes. The anthology is part of a larger Rethinking the Principles project, sponsored by the Office of Force Transformation and the U.S. Navy to examine approaches to the future of warfare. Footnotes, index, and a bibliographic essay make the work a useful tool for students of war and general readers alike.

China's Maritime Gray Zone Operations

Andrew S. Erickson,Ryan D. Martinson
China s Maritime Gray Zone Operations Book PDF

Author : Andrew S. Erickson,Ryan D. Martinson
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591146957

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China's Maritime Gray Zone Operations by Andrew S. Erickson,Ryan D. Martinson Pdf

China’s maritime “gray zone” operations represent a new challenge for the U.S. Navy and the sea services of our allies, partners, and friends in maritime East Asia. There, Beijing is waging what some Chinese sources term a “war without gunsmoke.” Already winning in important areas, China could gain far more if left unchecked. One of China’s greatest advantages thus far has been foreign difficulty in understanding the situation, let alone determining an effective response. With contributions from some of the world’s leading subject matter experts, this volume aims to close that gap by explaining the forces and doctrines driving China’s paranaval expansion, operating in the “gray zone” between war and peace. The book covers China’s major maritime forces beyond core gray-hulled Navy units, with particular focus on China’s second and third sea forces: the “white-hulled” Coast Guard and “blue-hulled” Maritime Militia. Increasingly, these paranaval forces, and the “gray zone” in which they typically operate, are on the frontlines of China’s seaward expansion.

China's Evolving Surface Fleet

Peter Dutton,Ryan D. Martinson
China s Evolving Surface Fleet Book PDF

Author : Peter Dutton,Ryan D. Martinson
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Navies
ISBN : 1935352458

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China's Evolving Surface Fleet by Peter Dutton,Ryan D. Martinson Pdf

Over the past fifteen years, the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) missile fast-attack craft and amphibious fleets have been significantly modernized. While these two types of vessels have not increased in numbers, their capabilities have increased exponentially. This publication examines the People's Liberation Army's (PLA's) doctrine and training strategy in order to analyze present and predict future missions by these military vessels. China's deterrence posture is improved greatly by these ships and boats, which aid coastal water defense, and threaten Taiwanese attempts to gain independence. In addition, these two fleets improve China's long-range sealift capabilities, and help with the PLA's traditional, and new, nontraditional security practices. These fleets allow the PLAN to continue offshore operations, and begin "blue-water", or "far-seas" operations, helping the United States to predict the future nature of Chinese maritime missions. Related items: China collection of publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/china Chinese Military Reforms in the Age of Xi Jinping: Drivers, Challenges, and Implications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/chinese-military-reforms-age-xi-jinping-drivers-challenges-and-implications Indian and Chinese Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Assessment can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/indian-and-chinese-engagement-latin-america-and-caribbean U.S. Landpower in the South China Sea can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/us-landpower-south-china-sea

The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy

Craig L. Symonds
The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U S Navy Book PDF

Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015034396609

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The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy by Craig L. Symonds Pdf

Ninety-four maps provide a historical overview of the U.S. Navy's battles, including information on the deployment of ships, their tracks, shore activity, and military engagements.