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| | * Bruce, Anthony and Cogar, William. ''An Encyclopedia of Naval History.'' (1998). 440 pp. | | * Bruce, Anthony and Cogar, William. ''An Encyclopedia of Naval History.'' (1998). 440 pp. |
| | * Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. ''Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 BC to the Present'' (1977) 1465pp; complete summary of a;l; major battles, campaigns and wars | | * Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. ''Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 BC to the Present'' (1977) 1465pp; complete summary of a;l; major battles, campaigns and wars |
| − | * George, James L. ''History of Warships: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century.'' (1998). 353 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/History-Warships-Ancient-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1557503125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637471&sr=1-1xcerpt and text search] | + | * George, James L. ''History of Warships: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century.'' (1998). 353 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/History-Warships-Ancient-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1557503125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637471&sr=1-1xcerpt and text search] |
| | * Humble, Richard. ''Naval Warfare: An Illustrated History.'' (1983). 304 pp, elementary survey | | * Humble, Richard. ''Naval Warfare: An Illustrated History.'' (1983). 304 pp, elementary survey |
| − | * Ireland, Bernard and Gibbons, Tony. ''Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail.'' (2000). 240 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Naval-Warfare-Sail-Bernard-Ireland/dp/0007109458/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637113&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search] | + | * Ireland, Bernard and Gibbons, Tony. ''Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail.'' (2000). 240 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Naval-Warfare-Sail-Bernard-Ireland/dp/0007109458/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637113&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Keegan, John. ''The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare.'' (1989). 292 pp. | | * Keegan, John. ''The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare.'' (1989). 292 pp. |
| − | * Padfield, Peter. ''Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Maritime-Supremacy-Opening-Western-Mind/dp/1585671517/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205634413&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search] | + | * Padfield, Peter. ''Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World'' (2002) [https://www.amazon.com/Maritime-Supremacy-Opening-Western-Mind/dp/1585671517/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205634413&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Padfield, Peter. ''Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851.'' (2005). 480 pp. | | * Padfield, Peter. ''Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851.'' (2005). 480 pp. |
| | * Potter, E. B. ''Sea Power: A Naval History'' (1982), covers all major battled in world history | | * Potter, E. B. ''Sea Power: A Naval History'' (1982), covers all major battled in world history |
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| | ===Major nations=== | | ===Major nations=== |
| | ====Britain and Royal Navy==== | | ====Britain and Royal Navy==== |
| − | * Rodger, N. A. M. ''The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649'' vol 1 (1999) 691pp; [http://www.amazon.com/Safeguard-Sea-History-Britain-660-1649/dp/0393319601/ref=pd_sim_b_title_8 excerpt and text search] | + | * Rodger, N. A. M. ''The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649'' vol 1 (1999) 691pp; [https://www.amazon.com/Safeguard-Sea-History-Britain-660-1649/dp/0393319601/ref=pd_sim_b_title_8 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * Rodger, N. A. M. ''The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815'' (2006), 976pp [http://www.amazon.com/Command-Ocean-History-Britain-1649-1815/dp/0393328473/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b excerpt and text search] | + | * Rodger, N. A. M. ''The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815'' (2006), 976pp [https://www.amazon.com/Command-Ocean-History-Britain-1649-1815/dp/0393328473/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b excerpt and text search] |
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| | ====United States==== | | ====United States==== |
| | * Howarth, Stephen. ''To Shining Sea -- A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991'' (1991). | | * Howarth, Stephen. ''To Shining Sea -- A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991'' (1991). |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1775-1941'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1775-1941-Robert/dp/081171862X/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1775-1941'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1775-1941-Robert/dp/081171862X/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search] |
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| | * Mahan, Alfred Thayer. ''The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783'' (1890) 557 pages; perhaps the most influential history book ever written [https://books.google.com/books?id=tfQBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=intitle:influence+intitle:sea+inauthor:mahan&num=30&as_brr=1 Google version] | | * Mahan, Alfred Thayer. ''The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783'' (1890) 557 pages; perhaps the most influential history book ever written [https://books.google.com/books?id=tfQBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=intitle:influence+intitle:sea+inauthor:mahan&num=30&as_brr=1 Google version] |
| | ===Ships=== | | ===Ships=== |
| − | * George, James L. ''History of Warships: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century.'' (1998). 353 pp.; strong on details such as ship weights and armaments; [http://www.amazon.com/History-Warships-Ancient-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1557503125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637471&sr=1-1xcerpt and text search] | + | * George, James L. ''History of Warships: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century.'' (1998). 353 pp.; strong on details such as ship weights and armaments; [https://www.amazon.com/History-Warships-Ancient-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1557503125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205637471&sr=1-1xcerpt and text search] |
| | * Ireland, Bernard, and Tony Gibbons. ''Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century'' (1996), technical details | | * Ireland, Bernard, and Tony Gibbons. ''Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century'' (1996), technical details |
| | * Ireland, Bernard, and Tony Gibbons. ''Jane's Naval Airpower''(2003) | | * Ireland, Bernard, and Tony Gibbons. ''Jane's Naval Airpower''(2003) |
| | * Lautenshläger, Karl. "The Submarine in Naval Warfare, 1901-2001." ''International Security'' 1986-1987 11(3): 94-140. Issn: 0162-2889; important wide-ranging survey; Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-2889%28198624%2F198724%2911%3A3%3C94%3ATSINW1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A in Jstor] | | * Lautenshläger, Karl. "The Submarine in Naval Warfare, 1901-2001." ''International Security'' 1986-1987 11(3): 94-140. Issn: 0162-2889; important wide-ranging survey; Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-2889%28198624%2F198724%2911%3A3%3C94%3ATSINW1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A in Jstor] |
| − | * Parrish, Thomas. ''The Submarine: A History.'' (2004). 572 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Submarine-History-Thomas-Parrish/dp/B0008102E0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205636442&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | + | * Parrish, Thomas. ''The Submarine: A History.'' (2004). 572 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Submarine-History-Thomas-Parrish/dp/B0008102E0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205636442&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] |
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| | * Greene, Jack, and Alessandro Massignani. ''Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/read/100927342 online edition] | | * Greene, Jack, and Alessandro Massignani. ''Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/read/100927342 online edition] |
| | * Guilmartin, John F., Jr. ''Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century'' (2003) | | * Guilmartin, John F., Jr. ''Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century'' (2003) |
| − | * Lambert, Nicholas A. ''Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Fishers-Revolution-Studies-Maritime-History/dp/1570034923/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203294993&sr=1-36 excerpt and text search] | + | * Lambert, Nicholas A. ''Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution'' (2002) [https://www.amazon.com/Fishers-Revolution-Studies-Maritime-History/dp/1570034923/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203294993&sr=1-36 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * McBride, William M. ''Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Technological-1865-1945-Hopkins-Studies-Technology/dp/0801864860/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203293238&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search] | + | * McBride, William M. ''Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945'' (2000) [https://www.amazon.com/Technological-1865-1945-Hopkins-Studies-Technology/dp/0801864860/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203293238&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * Morison, Elting E. ''Men Machines and Modern Times'' (1968) [http://www.amazon.com/Machines-Modern-Times-Elting-Morison/dp/0262630184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203309361&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | + | * Morison, Elting E. ''Men Machines and Modern Times'' (1968) [https://www.amazon.com/Machines-Modern-Times-Elting-Morison/dp/0262630184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203309361&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Sumida, Jon Tetsuro. "A Matter of Timing: The Royal Navy and the Tactics of Decisive Battle, 1912–1916," ''Journal of Military History'' 67 (January 2003): 85–136 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-3718(200301)67%3A1%3C85%3AAMOTTR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C in JSTOR] | | * Sumida, Jon Tetsuro. "A Matter of Timing: The Royal Navy and the Tactics of Decisive Battle, 1912–1916," ''Journal of Military History'' 67 (January 2003): 85–136 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-3718(200301)67%3A1%3C85%3AAMOTTR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C in JSTOR] |
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| | * Allen, Gardner W. ''A Naval History of the American Revolution'' (1913) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fuPb5uhDxUwC&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Allen+inauthor:Gardner&num=30&as_brr=1 online at Google] | | * Allen, Gardner W. ''A Naval History of the American Revolution'' (1913) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fuPb5uhDxUwC&pg=PA1&dq=inauthor:Allen+inauthor:Gardner&num=30&as_brr=1 online at Google] |
| | * Fowler, William M. ''Rebels Under Sail'' (1976), the standard scholarly history of the naval warfare during the American Revolution | | * Fowler, William M. ''Rebels Under Sail'' (1976), the standard scholarly history of the naval warfare during the American Revolution |
| − | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''John Paul Jones'' (1959), Pulitzer Prize [http://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Biography-Bluejacket/dp/1557504105/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search] | + | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''John Paul Jones'' (1959), Pulitzer Prize [https://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Biography-Bluejacket/dp/1557504105/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * Thomas, Evan. ''John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Sailor-American/dp/0743258045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | + | * Thomas, Evan. ''John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy'' (2003) [https://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Sailor-American/dp/0743258045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] |
| | =====Napoleonic===== | | =====Napoleonic===== |
| | * Mahan, Alfred Thayer. ''The influence of sea power upon the War of 1812'' 2 vols (1905) [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0JnrLaBEdHaTa7aGfqMskdo&id=iS7lSwx6VQcC&printsec=toc&dq=Mahan,+Alfred+Thayer.+The+influence+of+sea+power+upon+the+War+of+1812&as_brr=1&sig=q4Kfmz767_5XfK7PR0IXDM7rrmw online edition] | | * Mahan, Alfred Thayer. ''The influence of sea power upon the War of 1812'' 2 vols (1905) [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0JnrLaBEdHaTa7aGfqMskdo&id=iS7lSwx6VQcC&printsec=toc&dq=Mahan,+Alfred+Thayer.+The+influence+of+sea+power+upon+the+War+of+1812&as_brr=1&sig=q4Kfmz767_5XfK7PR0IXDM7rrmw online edition] |
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| | * Hough, Richard. ''The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918.'' (1984). 353 pp. | | * Hough, Richard. ''The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918.'' (1984). 353 pp. |
| | * Marder, Arthur. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow:'' 5 vol. vol 1: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919; vol. 2: ''The War Years: To the Eve of Jutland'' (1966); vol. 3: ''Jutland and After: May 1916-December 1916'' (1970); vol 4: ''1917 Year of Crisis'' (197); vol. 5: ''Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919)'' (1970); the standard scholarly history | | * Marder, Arthur. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow:'' 5 vol. vol 1: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919; vol. 2: ''The War Years: To the Eve of Jutland'' (1966); vol. 3: ''Jutland and After: May 1916-December 1916'' (1970); vol 4: ''1917 Year of Crisis'' (197); vol. 5: ''Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919)'' (1970); the standard scholarly history |
| − | * Massie, Robert K. ''Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.'' (2003). 880 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Castles-Steel-Britain-Germany-Winning/dp/0345408780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205636706&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | + | * Massie, Robert K. ''Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.'' (2003). 880 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Castles-Steel-Britain-Germany-Winning/dp/0345408780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205636706&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] |
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| | =====World War II===== | | =====World War II===== |
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| | * Hartmann, Frederick H. ''Naval Renaissance -- The U.S. Navy in the 1980s'' (1990). | | * Hartmann, Frederick H. ''Naval Renaissance -- The U.S. Navy in the 1980s'' (1990). |
| | * Lehman, John F., Jr. ''Command of the Seas: Building the 600 Ship Navy'' (1989). | | * Lehman, John F., Jr. ''Command of the Seas: Building the 600 Ship Navy'' (1989). |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] |
| | * O'Brien, Phillips Payson, ed. ''Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond.'' (2001). 272 pp. | | * O'Brien, Phillips Payson, ed. ''Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond.'' (2001). 272 pp. |
| | * Ryan, Paul B. ''First Line of Defense -- The U.S. Navy Since 1945'' (1981) | | * Ryan, Paul B. ''First Line of Defense -- The U.S. Navy Since 1945'' (1981) |