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Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer's highly diverse career. This book by Admiral James "Sandy" Winnefeld is also intended to offer useful reflections regarding how he accepted and managed risk along the way, as well as a concise description of the qualities one must develop to become a successful leader. Winnefeld began his career as an F-14 fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, commanded an aircraft carrier, and then served in a variety of flag officer billets on the way to becoming the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A post-Depression 11-year-old farm boy sees a Piper Cub for the first time and chases the dream of being a pilot. When war breaks out, Ralph T. Alshouse does the unthinkable-he leaves the family farm to enlist in the Navy and as one of a handful of high school graduates, was accepted as an Aviation Cadet and eventually won U.S. Navy Wings of Gold. After flight school, he was assigned to one of the most labor-intensive jobs in the Navy-to test and deliver Navy operational aircraft from the factories in the U.S. and Canada to destinations and ports of embarkation on the East and West coasts.

The Depths of December is a short and punchy (12,000 word) treatment of one of the most pivotal naval battles in World War II, when the British Far East Fleet found itself pitted against the Mitsubishi Bombers of the 22nd Flotilla Imperial Japanese Air Service off the coast of Singapore and Malaya. It is narrated in an engaging and high-energy style by the author of the book.

Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, first, that China should become a "great maritime power" and secondly, that the PLA "become a world-class armed force by 2050." China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power focuses on China's navy and how it is being transformed to satisfy the "world class" goal.

The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval conflict which took place a month before the Battle of Midway. Because Midway is regarded as the turning point in the war in the Pacific, Coral Sea is seldom given the respect it deserves. This view fails to take into account the strategic victory that the Allies enjoyed over their powerful, more experienced Japanese foe.

In his new audiobook Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation's great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes.

Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim—often glamorized as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all.

Bloomsbury presents Java Sea 1942: Japan's conquest of the Netherlands East Indies by Mark Stille, read by Thomas Judd A study of the battle of the Java Sea, a key Japanese victory in their advance throughout Southeast Asia. The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first...

The 30-year golden age of piracy stretched into the early 18th century. During that time, as this vividly written book by historian Matthew West shows, poverty and oppression prompted many men - and even a few women - to sea in search of treasure, adventure, and sometimes revenge.

At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean but America's war fleet, only 20 ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war.

This audiobook tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Artic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.

It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to American fortitude and ingenuity - and perhaps the key to why the United States won a war that after Pearl Harbor seemed hopeless. Impeccably researched, Avenging Pearl Harbor is colorfully written, personal, chilling, visceral.

"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard." In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong...

Reviva o conflito brutal da Segunda Guerra Mundial e entenda a estratégia naval que esmagou o Império Japonês. Ideal para focar durante longos deslocamentos, esta narrativa histórica tensa transporta o ouvinte para selvas remotas e oceanos em chamas. Acompanhe a complexa transformação...

Descubra como a estratégia naval ditou a vitória e a ruína na frente do Pacífico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ideal para ouvir durante o seu trajeto diário ou em momentos de foco, esta narrativa analítica e tensa mergulha nas complexas engrenagens bélicas que transformaram o oceano...

تغوص بك هذه التجربة الصوتية في أعماق الحرب العالمية الثانية حيث تتصادم الاستراتيجيات العسكرية مع قسوة الجغرافيا البحرية. وسط أجواء مشحونة بالتوتر وقرارات مصيرية...

Testemunhe a ascensão militar e o domínio naval que forjaram uma superpotência marítima asiática. Ideal para transformar seu deslocamento diário em um momento de aprendizado imersivo, esta narrativa histórica detalha a complexa estratégia geopolítica do mundo tâmil. Acompanhe uma...

La supremazia sugli oceani ha dettato le sorti della Seconda Guerra Mondiale attraverso una spietata strategia navale. Immergiti in un'analisi storica avvincente e tesa, perfetta per trasformare il tuo tragitto quotidiano in un viaggio al centro delle tattiche militari che hanno plasmato il...

Vive una historia épica de conquista y descubre cómo un diminuto territorio forjó el mayor imperio vikingo del norte. A través de gélidas aguas y encarnizadas batallas, acompaña a estrategas y navegantes que transformaron frágiles comunidades costeras en una potencia bélica y comercial...

L'assedio finale sul Giappone si trasforma in una spietata guerra di logoramento che cambia la Seconda guerra mondiale. Vivi l'intensità delle operazioni nel Pacifico dal 1944 al 1945 attraverso una narrazione storica rigorosa e immersiva. Un ascolto ideale per chi cerca un apprendimento...