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  • Mr. Roosevelt's Navy

    The Private War of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1939-1942

    by Patrick Abbazia ...
    The U.S. Navy was at war in the Atlantic long before 7 December 1941, but little is known about that conflict. Mr. Roosevelt's Navy is a vivid, thoroughly researched account of this undeclared war upon which Mr. Roosevelt embarked in order to sway the desperate Battle of the Atlantic in favor of Britain's hard pressed Royal Navy. ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • Combat Swimmer

    Memoirs of a Navy SEAL

    by Robert A. Gormly ...
    For the first time in trade paperback-a classic memoir of Navy SEALs in action.In gripping prose, Captain Robert A. Gormly tells about his days as a leader in the Navy SEALs- taking readers into the night, into the water, and into battle on some of the most hair-raising missions ever assigned.Trained to a fine fighting edge just in time for Vietnam, Gormly served two tours of duty and engaged in ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • The Bounty

    The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

    by Caroline Alexander ...
    Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cry from the Deep

    The Sinking of the Kursk

    by Ramsey Flynn ...
    A "superb account" of the disastrous loss of a Russian submarine off the nation's northern coast and its repercussions ( Publishers Weekly).On August 12, 2000, during one of the most important military demonstrations in post-Soviet history, an enormous explosion sank Russia's most prized nuclear submarine, the Kursk. When Vladmir Putin's men failed to rescue the 118 young submariners trapped under ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle of the Atlantic

    by Marc Milner ...
    World War II was only a few hours old when the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest campaign of the Second World War and the most complex submarine war in history, began with the sinking of the unarmed passenger liner Athenia by the German submarine U30. Based on the mastery of the latest research and written from a mid-Atlantic – rather than the traditional Anglo-centric – perspective, Marc Milner ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Taking of K-129

    How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History

    by Josh Dean ...
    **An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.In the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • US Fast Battleships 1938–91

    The Iowa class

    by Lawrence Burr ...
    Series Book 172 - New Vanguard
    In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Treaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships.This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962–75

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 128 - New Vanguard
    In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated so much that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area.This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated – riverine craft. Comprising the Army's 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and the Navy's River Assault Flotilla ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941–45

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 176 - New Vanguard
    Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers were fast and heavily armed.Like the other vessels of the Japanese Navy, the heavy cruisers were technologically superior to and far more innovative than their Allied rivals, whom they met in many of the major Pacific Theatre battles, including ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • German Commerce Raider vs British Cruiser

    The Atlantic & The Pacific 1941

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    Series Book 27 - Duel
    The history of one of the greatest acts of deception as Kriegsmarine raiders disguised as merchant ships wrecked havoc on Allied shipping and the Allied cruisers who finally destroyed them.During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed a number of merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for surprise attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Scotland's Cruel Sea

    Heroism and Disaster off the Scottish Coast

    by Robert Jeffrey ...
    High cliffs jutting out into the Atlantic and the North Sea, many hundreds of rocky skerries, deep sea lochs, dangerous unseen reefs, powerful tides and gales that batter the land fiercely from all points of the compass...Scotland has a coastline of immense beauty and danger, and its cruel sea has claimed many lives down the years. Disaster at sea is a poignant part of Scotland's history, and in ... Read more

    $9.39 CAD

  • Escaper's Progress

    The Remarkable POW Experiences of a Royal Naval Officer

    by David James ...
    A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.David James was in Motor Gunboats (with Robert Hichens of Gunboat Command). Captured in February 1943 after abandoning ship due to fierce engagement with three German armed trawlers in the North Sea, he was imprisoned in Dulag Marlag.His first tunnel was discovered ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus