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“norman polmar”

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  • Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies

    1946–2026

    by Norman Polmar ...
    This is the definitive history of the Russian submarine program since WWII.Submarines emerged as a particularly terrifying weapon after WWII, in no small part through the application of nuclear propulsion and the development of shipborne nuclear missiles. The Soviet Union invested huge funding into a world-class submarine program, producing innovative designs in imposing numbers.Norman Polmar is a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aircraft Carriers

    A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume II: 1946-2006

    by Norman Polmar ...
    In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines. At times, as in the early days of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in the Falklands conflict, carriers alone could deploy high-performance aircraft to the battlefield. In other operations, such as enforcing the no-fly zones ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Death of the USS Thresher

    The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

    by Norman Polmar ...
    On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem . . . have positive angle . . . attempting to blow . . . Then came the sounds of air under pressure and a garbled message: . . . test depth . . . Last came the eerie sounds ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Aircraft Carriers

    A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume I: 1909-1945

    by Norman Polmar ...
    Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar’s revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier ... Read more

    $49.95 USD

  • Ship of Gold

    A Novel

    by Norman C Polmar, Thomas B Allen ...
    This taut thriller provides the behind-the-scenes reality of the national security system at work --the CIA, the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council -—and is must-reading for fans of Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin. In 1945, the U.S. submarine Tigerfish mistakenly torpedoed and sunk a Japanese merchant ship. Reportedly carrying supplies to allied POWs, the ship had been ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Enola Gay

    by Norman Polmar ...
    The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The ôLittle Boyö bomb exploded with the force of 12.5 kilotons of TNT, nearly destroying the city. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government, which had been ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • Spy Ships

    One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines

    by Norman Polmar, Lee J. Mathers ...
    Almost from the first days of seafaring, men have used ships for “spying” and intelligence collection. Since early in the twentieth century, with the technological advancements of radio and radar, the U.S. Navy and other government agencies and many other navies have used increasingly specialized ships and submarines to ferret out the secrets of other nations. The United States and the Soviet ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Spyplanes

    The Illustrated Guide to Manned Reconnaissance and Surveillance Aircraft from World War I to Today

    by Norman Polmar, John F. Bessette ...
    A comprehensive history with descriptions of the world's most significant aircraft employed as "eyes in the sky."For as long as there has been sustained heavier-than-air human flight, airplanes have been used to gather information about our adversaries. Less than a decade after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Italian pilots were keeping tabs on Turkish foes in Libya. Today, aircraft with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • DEFCON-2

    Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis

    by Norman Polmar ...
    The closest we've ever come to the end of the world"DEFCON-2 is the best single volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis published and is an important contribution to the history of the Cold War. Beyond the military and political facts of the crisis, Polmar and Gresham sketch the personalities that created and coped with the crisis. They also show us how close we came to the edge without becoming ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Admiral Gorshkov

    The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy

    by Norman C Polmar, Thomas A Brooks ...
    Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov was the product of a tradition unlike those of his Western contemporaries. He had a unique background of revolution, civil war, world wars, and the forceful implementation of an all-controlling communist dictatorship. Out of this background of violence and overwhelming transformation came a man with a vivid appreciation of the role and ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Cold War Submarines

    by Norman Polmar; K. J. Moore ...
    Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversaryÆs homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and ... Read more

    $39.95 USD

  • Opening the Great Depths

    The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration

    by Norman C Polmar, Lee J Mathers ...
    Developed by French physicist Auguste Piccard and his son Jacques, the bathyscaph Trieste was a scientific marvel that allowed unprecedented scientific, technical, and military feats in the ocean depths. France and the United States both acquired and subsequently developed variants of the original bathyscaph. While both France and the United States employed the bathyscaph as a tool for scientific ... Read more

    $32.39 USD