Naval History

Naval history is the area of military history concerning war at sea and the subject is also a sub-discipline of the broad field of maritime history.

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 – A Definitive WWII History of the Royal Navy Convoy and Mediterranean Siege
Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II
The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War – An Award-Winning American Military History Book
Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific
By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs
Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
The Golden Thirteen: The Fight for the Navy's First Black Officers
The Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943
The Immortals: The World War II Story of Five Fearless Heroes, the Sinking of the Dorchester, and an Awe-inspiring Rescue
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
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