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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,664 ratings — published 2006
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 206,344 ratings — published 2023
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.61 — 10,148 ratings — published 2011
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 161,281 ratings — published 2015
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,644 ratings — published 2003
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.36 — 11,637 ratings — published 2003
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.31 — 6,945 ratings — published 1992
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
by (shelved 25 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.62 — 7,070 ratings — published 2015
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.76 — 5,042 ratings — published 2020
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,624 ratings — published 2004
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,376 ratings — published 2011
The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,037 ratings — published 1988
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.24 — 11,207 ratings — published 1998
Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,559 ratings — published 2004
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815 (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.34 — 460 ratings — published 2004
World War II at Sea: A Global History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,448 ratings — published 2018
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 (ebook)
by (shelved 18 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,399 ratings — published 2016
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,514 ratings — published 2011
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as naval-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,198 ratings — published 1890
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,638 ratings — published 2000
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as naval-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,243 ratings — published 1995
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,712 ratings — published 2005
Nimitz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.41 — 776 ratings — published 1976
Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 421 ratings — published 1975
Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.36 — 428 ratings — published 1996
The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
by (shelved 14 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,663 ratings — published 2011
Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,232 ratings — published 1961
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,827 ratings — published 2009
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,897 ratings — published 2008
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.20 — 627 ratings — published 2012
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Library Binding)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,950 ratings — published 2001
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,532 ratings — published 2001
Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,539 ratings — published 1969
The Two-Ocean War (paper)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,432 ratings — published 1963
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 862 ratings — published 1995
Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 286 ratings — published 2000
The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 445 ratings — published 2009
Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,895 ratings — published 1992
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,409 ratings — published 1969
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.46 — 7,460 ratings — published 2018
Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,711 ratings — published 2017
The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 183 ratings — published 2015
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.46 — 164,499 ratings — published 1959
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 675 ratings — published 2012
1812: The Navy's War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 776 ratings — published 2011
Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,927 ratings — published 2006
The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 468 ratings — published 2006
Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,084 ratings — published 2007
The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.11 — 287 ratings — published 2003
Miracle at Midway (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as naval-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,055 ratings — published 1982
“the battlecruiser HMS Hood, which at 860 feet was the pride of the fleet. While her eight 15-inch guns were the largest then afloat, her Achilles’ heel was her relatively thin armor, which made her more vulnerable than any battleship.”
― World War II at Sea: A Global History
― World War II at Sea: A Global History
“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war. The profound influence of sea commerce upon the wealth and strength of countries was clearly seen long before the true principles which governed its growth and prosperity were detected. To secure to one's own people a disproportionate share of such benefits, every effort was made to exclude others, either by the peaceful legislative methods of monopoly or prohibitory regulations, or, when these failed, by direct violence. The clash of interests, the angry feelings roused by conflicting attempts thus to appropriate the larger share, if not the whole, of the advantages of commerce, and of distant unsettled commercial regions, led to wars. On the other hand, wars arising from other causes have been greatly modified in their conduct and issue by the control of the sea. Therefore the history of sea power, while embracing in its broad sweep all that tends to make a people great upon the sea or by the sea, is largely a military history...”
― The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
― The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
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