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• "A force for peace" : the post-war U.S. Navy and Marine Corps of the 1920s
• "The prestige of its flag" : the global U.S. Navy and Marine Corps of the 1930s.

"This book examines the US Navy and Marine Corps during the interwar years from a new perspective. Rather than focusing on the technologies developed, the wargames conducted, or the results of the now famous Fleet Problems, this work analyses the global deployments of the rest of the US fleet. By examining the annual reports of the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine Corps over twenty years, the book traces the US ships, squadrons, and fleets conducting naval diplomacy and humanitarian missions, maritime security patrols, and deployments for deterrent effect across the world's oceans. Despite the common label of the interwar years as "isolationist," the deployments of the US Navy and Marine Corps in that period were anything but. The majority of the literature on the era has a narrow focus on preparation for combat and wartime, which provides an incomplete view of the history of US naval power and also establishes a misleading set of precedents and historical context for naval thinkers and strategists in the contemporary world. Offering a wider, and more complete understanding of the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from 1920 to 1939, this book demonstrates both the tension between the execution of peacetime missions and the preparation for the next war, while also offering a broader understanding of American naval forces and their role in American and global history. This book will be of much interest to students of naval and military history, seapower, and International History"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction: sound military conclusions
• America and its place in the world
• Readiness in the past, present, and future
• Management, administration, and naval leadership
• Globalization and the fleet
• The political development of naval strategy
• Training of officers and sailors
• Leadership and command
• History and conventional wisdom
• Conclusion: The use and abuse of Alfred Thayer Mahan.

"Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Seapower upon History is well known to students of naval history and strategy, but his other writings are often dismissed as irrelevant to today's problems. This collection of five of Mahan's essays, along with Benjamin Armstrong's informative introductions, illustrates why Mahan's work remains relevant to the 21st century and how it can help develop our strategic thinking"-- Provided by publisher.

• The magnetism of boats
• The steam drifter
• The Moray Firth scaffie
• The plumb-ended Fifie
• The ultimate sailing drifter?
• Versatile motor fishing vessels
• The herring fishing
• a new method
• The deep-sea trawler
• coal and oil
• A boat to take a salmon
• From working craft to yacht design
• St Ayles skiff
• a rowing revival
• The Baldie of Leith
• Craft of the Eyemouth disaster
• The gabbet and the puffer
• Maids of the lochs
• Yachts of Watson, Mylne and Fife
• Yachts of Roberstons' McGruers' and others
• The ring netters of Girvan
• working boats of Yacht Finish
• The whammel of the Solway Firth
• fit for purpose
• The line-skiffs and the Drontheim
• the north channel
• The Curach
• a skin on timber bones
• The Lock Fyne skiff
• sailing for work and for pleasure
• A yacht derived from a working boat
• Racing skiffs
• Mull, Oban and Tiree
• Jacobite, Dawn Treader and other creel boats
• The Birlinn
• lost and maybe found
• The role of the lighthouse-tender
• Craft by the Stewarts of Grimsay
• Sgoth Niseach
• the seaboat of north Lewis
• The racing dinghies of Plockton
• Bata Ghearrloch and the Loch Broom Post boat
• Coigach
• an ideal inshore boat?
• Northwest mainland and the hard cost of fish
• The Yoles of the North Coast and South Isles
• The Westray skiff and the Fair Isle Yole
• From the Ness Yole to the Sixareen
• A ballad of boats?

"People are drawn to the harbours and boats of Scotland whether they have a seafaring background or not. Why do boats take on different shapes as you follow the complex shorelines of islands and mainland? And why do the sails they carry appear to be so many shapes and sizes? Then there are rowing craft or power-driven vessels which can also be considered 'classics', whether they were built for work or leisure. As he traces the iconic forms of a selection of the boats of Scotland, Ian Stephen outlines the purposes of craft, past and present, to help gain a true understanding of this vital part of our culture. Sea conditions likely to be met and coastal geography are other factors behind the designs of a wide variety of craft. Stories go with boats. The vessels are not seen as bare artefacts without their own soul but more like living things"--Publisher's description.

• Foreword / James P. Delgado
• A Down East Captain Restores a Ship to Service / Michael Jay Mjelde
• A Maine Native Follows the Sea
• Chief Mate of Edward O'Brien
• Chief Mate of Willie Rosenfeld
• A Temporary Coaster and Two Disasters at Sea
• Labor Issues, Ship Repairs, and Captain of Edward Kidder
• Loss of Willie Rosenfeld and Becoming a Reformed Bucko Mate
• Chief Mate and Master Mariner of Sailing Ships and Steamers
• Return to Seaworthy Status
• First Voyage Hauling Lumber to Bellingham
• Second Voyage to Bellingham
• Third Voyage to Bellingham and Beyond
• To Ladysmith and Beyond
• To Nome, a New Owner, and Return to Puget Sound
• From Port Gamble to South America
• Slow Voyage to Callao
• An Uncertain Future
• A New Captain for Sea King
• New Commands, World War I Service, and Postwar.

"Captain Henry Gillespie (1857-1937), of Portland, Maine, went to sea as a young man of 17, serving as "able-bodied seaman" on a New Bedford whaler. Over the next 47 years he would advance to deck officer, then master of sailing and steam ships. He was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy during World War I, commanding vessels operating in the war zone. Following the war, he returned to merchant marine service until his retirement in 1921. Maritime historian Michael Jay Mjelde has chronicled the colorful life and career of this "down-east" man of the sea, mining available first-person accounts, interviews with family members, government records, and maritime archives on both coasts. The result is a narrative in clear, highly engaging prose that puts readers on the tilting decks and noisy wharfs frequented by Gillespie. Through Mjelde's retelling of a remarkable life, the age of clipper ships, the Cape Horn trade, and oceangoing steamers comes into vivid relief, affording a richly embossed assessment of Captain Gillespie's life and times. From Whaler to Clipper Ship adds a layer of full-bodied context to our understanding of this pivotal era in American maritime history. The wealth of detail will appeal to scholars, students, and maritime history enthusiasts"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher
"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. This book describes in an entertaining and humble manner how that journey unfolded and the lessons he attaches to it. The reader learns what it is like to become a Navy fighter pilot, and to fly, fight, and takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier - including a harrowing description of ejecting from an F-14 at night far from land. Winnefeld describes the culture of excellence at the real TOPGUN and the Navy's nuclear propulsion program. He recounts how he learned to lead the men and women who operate at every level of Navy operational command, from squadron to ship to fleet. Finally, the author presents a behind-the-scenes look at how decisions are made at the highest levels of government regarding whether and how those forces will be used, and how they are acquired. In the process, Winnefeld provides descriptions of how, by challenging existing assumptions and processes and through relentless creativity, he was able to lead change. He reflects on how the risk associated with such changes should be accepted and managed. The title Sailing Upwind-in which a sailboat must be operated against a prevailing force field to make progress in the right direction-is an apt metaphor for the bent for pushing against the system Winnefeld describes throughout the book."-- Provided by publisher

"Spy Ships: One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines highlights specialized naval vessels used for collecting intelligence, conducting electronic warfare and their impact on military operations and national security"-- Provided by publisher

• The Ship at 175 Water Street
• Austin's Hull Design Method
• Hull Construction Details
• Structures inside the Hull
• Conclusions

"In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain what they had found or what its significance might be, they called in nautical archaeologist Warren C. Riess to direct the excavation and analysis of the ship's remains. As it turned out, the mystery ship's age and type meant that its careful study helped answer some important questions about commerce and transportation of its day. Given only one winter month for fieldwork, the large crew excavated and recorded the site, which became known as the "Ronson ship site," named for the site's developer, Howard Ronson. At the end of their time in the field, the crew was able to save the first eighteen feet of the bow for preservation. For Riess, the analysis and conservation of the artifacts would begin. In this book, the follow-up to his 2014 publication The Ship That Held Up Wall Street, Riess presents the technical analysis of the vessel, which he believes to be the Princess Carolina, a merchant ship likely constructed by shipwright Benjamin Austin in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1700s. In doing so, he fills significant gaps in contemporary knowledge of eighteenth-century shipbuilding techniques. Though meticulous in scientific detail, Riess's style is eminently readable for interested general readers"-- Provided by publisher

"The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded. When the United States realized war was imminent and ordered a drastic increase in the size of its aviation fleet, the Navy was forced to reconsider its earlier practices and develop new policies in maintenance, supply, and technical training. Not only did a shortage of technicians plague the Navy, but the scarcity of aviation supply and repair facilities in the Pacific soon caused panic in Washington. While the surface navy's modernization of at-sea replenishment was beneficial, it did not solve the problems of sustaining war-time aircraft readiness levels sufficient to a winning a naval air war. Fisher outlines the drastic institutional changes that accompanied an increase in aviation maintenance personnel from fewer than 10,000 to nearly 250,000 bluejackets, the complete restructuring of the naval aviation technical educational system, and the development of a highly skilled labor force. The first comprehensive study on the importance of aircraft maintenance and the aircraft technician in the age of the aircraft carrier, Sustaining the Carrier War, provides the missing link to our understanding of Great Power conflict at sea."-- Provided by publisher

• Chapter 1. Maritime Development in Indonesia.-
• Chapter 2. A Discourse on Maritime Security, ASEAN and Indonesia's Maritime Vision.-
• Chapter 3. ASEAN Maritime Cooperation in Politics and Security.-
• Chapter 4. The Indonesian Political-Economy: Maritime Development in Fisheries and Commerce.-
• Chapter 5. Strategic Issues in Indonesia's Maritime Security.-
• Chapter 6. Indonesia's Maritime Diplomacy in ASEAN: An International Vision in the Face of National Challenges.-
• Chapter 7. ASEAN Maritime Security and Power Interaction in the Region.-
• Chapter 8. Maritime Security within the Framework of the Global Maritime Fulcrum.
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This book covers various strategic issues around maritime security in terms of how Indonesia has sought to implement its Global Maritime Fulcrum (GMF) vision, evaluating its regional impact within ASEAN. The Global Maritime Fulcrum' vision was declared by President Joko Widodo to refocus Indonesia's development paradigm to prioritize its maritime aspect in the Indo-Pacific. Divided across five pillars, namely: maritime culture, maritime resource management, maritime infrastructure and connectivity development, maritime diplomacy and maritime defense, the book presents that the implementation of this vision will doubtless have a significant regional impact, particularly in setting regional maritime agendas. In promoting an understanding of the challenges presented in implementing the Global Maritime Fulcrum and unpacking its multifaceted impact in the region, this book delves into Indonesia's maritime vision, the existing maritime arrangements within ASEAN, and Indonesia's interests in terms of its political economy relating to the maritime sector, strategic security issues, maritime diplomacy, and related regional power dynamics. Translated from Bahasa Indonesia into English, the book is relevant to scholars and policymakers in maritime studies, international relations, and regional studies relating to politics and power dynamics in Indonesia, specifically, and ASEAN more broadly.
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This is the story of Admiral Sir John Balchen, his life and career, and HMS _Victory_, the largest, finest ship-of-the-line in the Royal Navy at the time, which he commanded when both were lost, along with more than 1,000 crew, in an October storm in the English Channel in 1744\. This is not the _Victory_ of Trafalgar fame, however, but the First Rate built some thirty years earlier, the last Royal Navy three-decker to carry bronze cannons, and a ship whose poor design may well have contributed to her loss. It is also the story of Admiral John Balchen, a courageous, if not heroic, naval officer who saw major engagements and whose legacy in naval development deserves greater recognition. Indeed, the story of both the ship and her commander, their individual and remarkably parallel lives, can now be revealed as fundamental catalysts to the revolutionary reforms in naval shipbuilding, design and dockyard administration that transformed the Royal Navy after 1745\. They were indeed major foundation stones for a navy that delivered the glorious achievements of Nelson, Anson, Howe, Hood, Rodney, Boscawen and many more in the great pantheon of British naval history that followed their loss. The exciting discovery of the wreck of HMS _Victory_ in 2008, the subsequent and continuing public and political wrangling over possible salvage, and the 2019 display at Portsmouth of a mighty 42-pounder bronze gun retrieved from the wreck, have been the catalyst for this history of the admiral and his ship, and anyone with an interest in naval or maritime history, whether academic or popular, will be fascinated by the facts about the hitherto virtually unknown predecessor of Nelson's great flagship. This glorious man-and-ship odyssey, whose intrinsic importance to naval history can now be recognised, is richly and compelling told in this important new book.
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The author builds on an impressive body of work that has spanned decades of research on the topic. This is now brought together in a seminal compendium to the history of our Navy. This book provides a most timeous, comprehensive and up to date history of the South African Navy and its predecessors.
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One of the most significant warship designers of the twentieth century, Sir Stanley Goodall rose through the ranks of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors to become its head in 1936. The Corps was responsible for every aspect of the design and construction of British warships, and its head, the Director of Naval Construction, was the principal technical advisor to the Board of Admiralty. Although Goodall was succeeded in this post in January 1944, he remained the Assistant Controller Warship Production until October 1945 so was probably the single most influential figure in British naval technical matters during the war years. His private diary was never intended for publication - indeed it seems to have been a vehicle for venting some of his professional frustrations - so his opinions are candid and unrestrained. His criticisms of many in the Admiralty and the shipyards are enlightening, and taken as a whole the diary provides new and unique insights into a wartime construction programme that built nearly a thousand major warships and a myriad of landing craft and coastal forces. Dr Ian Buxton, a well-known authority on British shipbuilding, has edited the entries covering Goodall's war years, identifying the various personalities and ships referred to (sometimes cryptically), while setting out the context in a number of introductory essays. As an insider's view of a complex process, this book offers every warship enthusiast much new material and a novel perspective on an apparently familiar subject.
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• Acknowledgments Vietnam Vet by Elaine Kiesling Whitehouse Preface Introduction
• 1. Why Join the Navy?
• 2. A Life Changing Event
• 3. Midshipman Tough
• 4. Catastrophes of 1968
• 5. Graduate, Marry and Join the Fleet
• 6. Classmates Lost
• 7. Deployment to Westpac
• 8. Driving Ships and Yankee Station
• 9. Ensign John Norton and the Evans
• 10. DASH Ops and Bangkok
• 11. Naval Gunfire Support and the Rodent Incident
• 12. Hong Kong Mary, the China Fleet Club, and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• 13. A Possible Kraken and Okinawa Legacy
• 14. Wardroom Changes and Another Friend Lost
• 15. Back to Vietnam
• 16. Subic Bay and Olongapo
• 17. Saving John Wayne and the Fight
• 18. Project 100,000 and Typhoon Joan
• 19. Homeward Bound
• 20. Patrol Gunboats
• 21. East Coast Here We Come
• 22. Guantanamo Bay
• 23. The Loss of a Best Friend
• 24. Getting to Norway
• 25. Welcome to the Norwegian Navy
• 26. Deploying to the Arctic
• 27. Life in the Far North
• 28. The Lost Ship
• 29. Not Visiting Leningrad
• 30. The Shetlands, Back North, Sailing Subs
• 31. The Sami
• 32. The Turn
• 33. Riding Norwegian Gunboats
• 34. A Change of Course Appendix: Soviet Socialism and Its Influences Today Author's Service Record Bibliography Index.
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As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol boat out of Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis and deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy to counter Soviet threats north of the Arctic Circle. His detailed memoir recounts American efforts to win the Cold War from the perspective of a young lieutenant on the front lines 1964-1975 and the personal struggles and perseverance of sailors fighting an existential enemy at sea.
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"Many stirring words have been written about the heroic deeds of the officers and the men of the U.S Navy before, during and after the Civil War. But very little has been published about the naval constructors who built the warships that made their exploits possible. Of all of the Navy's constructors of this era, none had more impact than John Lenthall. A native of Washington D.C and the son of an ambitious English artisan, John Lenthall designed the early steamer Susquehanna and the large Merrimack class steam frigates, also working on the construction of Princeton, the world's first war steamer designed with a screw propeller. His stellar rise through the ranks of U.S. naval constructors soon led to his appointment as the chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, the highest-ranking naval architect. Bred to the intricacies of Washington's bureaucracy, John Lenthall was a survivor and continued on as bureau chief throughout the unrelenting turmoil of the Civil War. It was only during the first years of the notorious Secretary Robeson's reign that Lenthall was finally moved aside. By then, he had served for over seventeen years, a recording that has never been equaled. "John Lenthall: The Life of a Naval Constructor" is thoroughly documented with previously untapped primary archival source material, offering historical insights, gripping narratives and illustrations that have never appeared before in print. It presents the results of ground-breaking original research on a subject that has never been fully explored. Kinnaman's treatment of Lenthall and the legacy of his fellow constructors brings to life a previously untold chronicle of American ingenuity and achievement"-- Provided by publisher

_"RADIOMAN tells a universal story -- about war, family, and growing up. Andy Hesterman's 25 years in the Marines span a huge range of world events and personal experiences. I found myself laughing, rooting for him, and shaking my head at the insanity of it all. A great book!" _- Nathaniel Fick, NY Times best-selling author of ONE BULLET AWAY _ From a recruit surviving boot camp to a Major flying combat helicopters and controlling F/A-18s in Iraq, Andy Hesterman shares the pride of the Corps and the pain of saying goodbye to your family for yet another deployment. With Radioman, you'll feel like you've put on the Marine cammies and marched alongside Hesty for over two decades of service to our country. _ - Dell Epperson, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired) _"Radioman is far more than the story of one man's 25-year journey through the modern Marine Corps - as fascinating as that story is. It is also an account of the extraordinary changes - technological, tactical, moral - that have utterly transformed the American military in that time. Both gripping and honest, Radioman is also told with a humor and humility that makes for an extremely pleasurable read."_ - "Scott Anderson, New York Times best-selling author of THE QUIET AMERICANS" From a Gulf War grunt to a full-fledged Marine Major in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Andrew Hesterman saw it all. _Radioman_ offers a highly personal and unfiltered view of the Marine Corps as it transitioned from the post-Vietnam analog Reagan era to the post-9/11 high-tech George W. Bush and Obama years. _Radioman_ begins with Andy as a recruit at boot camp and the ensuing training that leads to formally becoming a Marine. After comm school and the reserves, Andy is called to active duty in 1991 for the Gulf War, where he experiences combat up close in Kuwait. The next personally, professionally, and politically tumultuous decade brings marriage (and divorce), flight school and helicopter missions in Kosovo, the shock of 9/11, another marriage, and children. Andy's journey culminates as an officer in Iraq, where he directs air support for the Marines in Fallujah. Co-authored by Robert Einaudi, a close friend of Hesterman's since high school, _Radioman_ provides an honest and vivid military portrait of the Marine Corps and the modern US military seen through the experiences of one Marine.
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• Beginnings: Walter Butler in Waterford, Cork and Bordeaux, 1750
• Ireland's Newfoundland trade: Waterford and Placentia/Trepassey, 1751
• Fishing the Banks,1752
• The Portugal trade: Waterford and Lisbon, 1753
• The trade at Cadiz, 1753
• The fishery at Ferryland, 1754
• The fishery at Harbour Grace, 1755
• London, Dublin and Cadiz, 1756-7
• Summary and conclusions, 1750-6

In October 1750 Walter Butler, a Waterford sea captain, purchased a ship in the port of Bordeaux and had it refitted there before loading it with wine, brandy and other French produce for his home port. Renamed the Catherine after his wife, the ship spent the winter in Waterford where Butler and his men prepared for a voyage to Newfoundland. She departed for the fishery in April 1751 with "passengers" (seasonal migrants) and salt provisions, returning home in the fall. Over the next six years The Catherine completed three more round trips to Newfoundland and voyages to London, Tenby, Dublin, Cork, Lisbon, Cadiz and Seville. The brig was captured off St. Lucar by a French privateer in spring, 1757. Butler's account of the Catherine survives (Prize Papers, High Court of Admiralty). The ledger contains the most detailed description of a Waterford ship, shipmaster and crew for the eighteenth century. It is a record of everyday economic exchanges with merchants, traders, artisans and labourers in Waterford city and in the ports and fishing harbours visited by the Catherine overseas, in England, Wales, France, Iberia and in faraway Newfoundland

• The Day That Never Dawned
• Foundations: 1788-1918
• Paris, Washington, and Singapore: 1919-1923
• Not a Cloud in the Sky: 1924-1929
• The Onset of the Two-Ocean Dilemma: 1930-1935
• Something Less Than Fools: January 1936-August 1939
• Conduits: September 1939-December 1941
• The Far East: December 1941-April 1942
• The Pacific: December 1941-December 1942
• Threats and Interests: January 1919-January 1943

A Ceaseless Watch: Australia's Third Party Naval Defense, 1919-1942 illustrates how Australia confronted the need to base its post-World War I defense planning around the security provided by a major naval power: in the first instance, Britain, and later the United States. Spanning the period leading up to Australia's greatest security crisis--the military threat posed by Japan throughout the majority of 1942--the work takes the reader all the way up to the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the United States Navy in the Solomon Islands campaign. Angus Britts focuses on Anglo-Australian defense relations from 1919-42 when the British were Australia's primary naval protectors until they were superseded in the Pacific by the United States in May 1942 at the battle of the Coral Sea. Britts traces the process of the alignment or divergence of differing strategic interests between Australia and Britain in particular. Taking place against the backdrop of Imperial Japan's expansionism debates within Australian political and defense circles during this period, namely the nature of the most likely threat to the continent itself, [what became?] became an important subplot to the events then unfolding in the Pacific. Looking at the development of the ""Singapore strategy"" which utilized the British fleet at Singapore to protect Australia's interests, Britts lays out how the cornerstone for Australian defense planning was based on the continued assurances from successive British governments that they would honor their naval commitments should Australia itself eventually come under serious threat from Japanese aggression. The Australian-American defense relationship evolved at a later stage within the timeframe in this work, but the varying interactions between both nations throughout the interwar years are likewise addressed, as is the foundation of their wartime relations. Britts illustrates the difficulty in forming a defense relationship between small and great powers, where the needs of the former are not subsumed by the interests of the latter, from the interwar years to the start of World War II. In an era when the entire Pacific region was at war, the inability of a larger power to fulfill its side of a defensive pact with a smaller power shaped the future of the region itself.
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• The Chatham endeavour / Neil Cossons
• "The chief arsenal of the Royal Navy and of Great Britain" Chatham, the Royal Navy and a wider world / Andrew Lambert
• "The most complete dockyard of the Age of Sail" / Jonathan Coad
• The challenge of the future / Paul Hudson --- Preservation through resue / Paul Jardine
• Policy into practice / Richard Holdsorth

Nowhere in the world is it possible to see such an intact naval dockyard for the building and maintenance of the ships of the sailing navy as at Chatham. This book, edited by Neil Cossons, Jonathan Coad, Andrew Lambert, Paul Hudson and Paul Jardine - all experts in their fields - brings together their combined knowledge to tell the dockyard's history, from Elizabethan origins to fleet base and shipbuilding yard, from sail to steel to submarines. They set out the extraordinary scale of the legacy and the challenges of the future once the yard closed in the 1980s. This is a story of the creation of the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and the management of an outstanding historic asset for the benefit of the public. Profusely illustrated, it is the first authoritative account of how Chatham's dockyard was saved for the nation and managed for nearly forty years to exemplary standards. By 1984, the navy no longer needed Chatham dockyard. This book describes its place in history and how one of the largest and most complex conservation projects has transformed the site into a successful re-born place where people visit, work, live and relax. The story is told by people closely involved throughout the project as a fascinating account of regeneration from which future projects have much to learn - Peter Kendall, former Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Historic England

• Acknowledgments Preface: Even Heroes Have Heroes One-An Epic Moment Two-The Making of the Man Three-Marine Recruit Four-The Boxer Rebellion Five-Peking Siege Six-Love in War Seven-Sea Soldier Eight-Vera Cruz Nine-Haiti Ten-Dominican Republic Eleven-Over There Twelve-Chateau Thierry Thirteen-Belleau Wood Fourteen-The Third Medal of Honor Fifteen-Soissons Sixteen-St. Mihiel Seventeen-Blanc Mont Ridge Eighteen- Meuse-Argonne Nineteen-Final Years Twenty-Daly's Legacy Sergeant Major Daniel J. Daly's Medals and Citations Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.
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More than 40 million Americans have served in the U.S. military during wartime. Only 3500 have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Of these, three have received the medal twice. One was recommended for it a third time. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Daniel J. Daly was an unlikely hero at five feet, six inches tall and 132 pounds. What he lacked in size he made up for in grit. He received his first Medal of Honor for single-handedly holding off enemy attacks during China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900, the second for his daring, one-man action during an ambush in Haiti in 1915. He was nominated for (but not awarded) an unprecedented third medal in World War I for his valor at Belleau Wood, where he led a charge against the German stronghold with the battle cry, "Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" This first full-length biography presents a detailed examination of a Marine Corps legend.
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