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  • Absalon And Esbern Snare. The Danish Navy’s Support Ships Of The Absalon Class

    by Søren Nørby, Tom Wismann ...
    The two Danish support ships Absalon and Esbern Snare are a symbol of the new Danish navy that emerged following the end of the Cold War. The absence of a direct territorial threat enabled Denmark to pursue a new activist foreign policy with greater emphasis on military operations far from home. The Danish navy has played a central part in this effort.The new policy required new and larger ships ... Read more

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  • The Conquering Tide

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  • Admirals

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  • One Square Mile of Hell

    The Battle for Tarawa

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  • The Line Upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815

    The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815

    by Noel Mostert ...
    The thrilling story of Britain's death-struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Nelson's brilliant naval exploits.In February 1793 France declared war on Britain, and for the next twenty-two years the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars raged. This was to be the longest, cruelest war ever fought at sea, comparable in scale only to the Second World War. New naval tactics ... Read more

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  • Hashish

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    Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account ‘a rich, restless, magnificent life’ as one of the great travellers of his or any age. Infamous as well as famous, his name is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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  • USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser

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    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 22 - Duel
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  • Arsenal of Democracy North: Canadian Naval Shipbuilding of the Second World War

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    The first compilation of the vast naval shipbuilding conducted in Canada in the Second World War on behalf of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, US Navy and Soviet Navy. From small yard craft to corvettes, minesweepers, destroyers, frigates and numerous others types, they are all listed. Profusely iluustrated. ... Read more

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    The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan. A J P Taylor wrote that 'his naval history has a unique fascination. To unrivalled mastery of sources he adds a gift of simple narrative . . . He is beyond praise, as he is beyond cavil.'The five volumes were ... Read more

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    Two Hundred Years of Guts and Glory

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  • The Sinking of RMS Tayleur

    The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic

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    "A truly wonderful social history of a tragic and unexplained shipping disaster. Five Stars."—Scottish FieldThe wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic. Both were run by the White Star Line, both were heralded as the most splendid ships of their time and both sank in tragic circumstances on their maiden voyages.On 19 January 1854 the Tayleur, a large merchant ... Read more

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