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"From one of the most admired admirals of his generation -- and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO -- comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world's most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashing in the Mediterranean, sea power has determined world power. To...
2) Post captain
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Language
English
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Captain Jack Aubrey, hiding out in France from his creditors, is forced to run for his life when Napoleon goes to war again in 1803.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.
4) Warships
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title covers a vast range of warships from ancient triremes to present day destroyers, aircraft carriers and stealth corvettes. Cutaway illustrations reveal the inner workings of warship engines and weaponry.
Author
Series
Kydd novels volume 22
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies, where Admiral Pellew has been sent to confront the enemy's vastly rich holdings in these tropical islands. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd joins reinforcements to snatch these for the British Crown. The two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region - there...
Publisher
A & E Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
Based on the stories of swashbuckling action and below-decks intrigue by C.S. Forester. Includes The Duel, The Fire Ships, The Duchess and the Devil, The Wrong War, The Mutiny, Retribution, Loyalty, and Duty. Repackaged.
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Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2017
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The second installment of the gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring Commander Bliven Putnam, chronicling the build up to the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain after the Revolution--the War of 1812. At the opening of the War of 1812, the British control the most powerful navy on earth, and Americans are again victims of piracy. Bliven Putnam, late of the Battle of Tripoli, is dispatched...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Salty saga of the bravest skipper ever to sail the seas- Captain Horatio Hornblower. The English Captain sailed during the Napoleonic era, and out thought, outmaneuvered and outfought his rivals, but was more than a little at sea when faced with a beautiful woman!
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