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12) October fury
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Drama on the high seas as the world holds its breath
It was the most spectacular display of brinkmanship in the Cold War era. In October 1962, President Kennedy risked inciting a nuclear war to prevent the Soviet Union from establishing missile bases in Cuba. The risk, however, was far greater than Kennedy realized.
October Fury uncovers startling new information about the Cuban missile crisis and the potentially calamitous confrontation between...
Series
Weapons of war volume 4
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Description
This DVD traces the fascinating rise of the most menacing warships ever known. Experience life aboard a modern nuclear submarine patrolling the oceans for months at a time, and discover the lethal power of its weapons, from torpedoes and cruise missiles to muclear-tipped underwater-launched ballistic missiles.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"From the battlefields of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, Angle of attack provides stunning, previously unseen footage of the most modern naval military aircraft and advanced unmanned predator drones ever designed, as well as a sweeping journey through naval aviation history. Featuring interviews with aviation experts and the men who flew and designed the most important military aircraft of all time, Angle of attack examines the role of naval aviation...
Series
Weapons of war volume 7
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Explore the highs and lows of the history of the battleship. From decisive naval victories to historic and costly defeats, including the attack at Pearl Harbor, and the hunt for the German navy's Bismarck. Learn about the race to provide more lethal guns and increasingly strong armor in the run-up to the war in the Pacific, and the return of the modernized Iowa class battleship.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"1918: America is at war with Germany, and, for the first time in history, the US Navy has allowed women to join up alongside the men. Ten thousand of them rush to do their part. German-American Marjory Kunwald enlists in the Navy to prove her patriotism. Suffragette Blanche Lawrence to prove that women are the equal of men. And shy preacher's daughter Viv Weston in a desperate attempt to hide from the police. Even as the US military pours into France...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Journalist and historian Thomas writes with a knowing feel for the clash of cultures as he follows four men through the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific: Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, the macho, gallant, racist American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander charged with making what was, in essence, a suicidal fleet attack against the American invasion of the Philippines; Admiral Matome Ugaki, a self-styled...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall's beautiful full-color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the Second World War--the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan--Kennedy tells a story of naval battles, maritime campaigns, convoys,...
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