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The Sea and Civilization
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Lincoln P. Paine |
This book is a monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, l… |
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Revisiting Napoleon's continental system
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Johan Joor,Katherine Aaslestad |
"Napoleonic warfare spread to the high seas, harbors and marketplaces across Europe and the Atlantic through the Continental System. This volume addresses the illicit commerce, new merchant networks,… |
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Where divers dare
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Randall S. Peffer |
"In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle i… |
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Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804
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Mark Lardas |
On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four mo… |
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The burning shore
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Edward Offley |
"On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, … |
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From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir
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George E. Melton |
"This book concerns itself with one of the most unlikely relationships in the two decades before World War II: the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. By the mid 1930s, both fleets had o… |
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