View source for Naval warfare

===Major nations===
====Britain and Royal Navy====
* 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 [https://www.amazon.com/Command-Ocean-History-Britain-1649-1815/dp/0393328473/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b excerpt and text search]

====United States====
*  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) [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) [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]