Handbook Of 19th Century Naval Warfare

Author : Spencer Tucker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of 19th Century Naval Warfare written by Spencer Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th century was a crucial period in naval history when great technological advances were made in almost every area of maritime military activity. This illustrated account of the period follows a summary of technology, tactics and strategy with accounts of warfare in the Napoleonic era and the factors that led to British naval supremacy. With the background to change now established, he proceeds to describe the revolutions that followed in naval ordnance, propulsion, iron hulls and underwater warfare, and how these were used in practice mid-century in the Crimean and American Civil Wars. He reviews the naval situation before World War I, examining naval thought and international attitudes towards battleship size, and speed versus armour, and shows how these important changes were put into practice in the Sino-Japanese, Russo-Japanese and Spanish-American wars. He concludes with an overview of the world naval balance on the eve of World War I.

Author : Spencer Tucker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Handbook of 19th Century Naval Warfare written by Spencer Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th century was a crucial period in naval history when great technological advances were made in almost every area of maritime military activity. This illustrated account of the period follows a summary of technology, tactics and strategy with accounts of warfare in the Napoleonic era and the factors that led to British naval supremacy. With the background to change now established, he proceeds to describe the revolutions that followed in naval ordnance, propulsion, iron hulls and underwater warfare, and how these were used in practice mid-century in the Crimean and American Civil Wars. He reviews the naval situation before World War I, examining naval thought and international attitudes towards battleship size, and speed versus armour, and shows how these important changes were put into practice in the Sino-Japanese, Russo-Japanese and Spanish-American wars. He concludes with an overview of the world naval balance on the eve of World War I.

Author : James Harmon Ward
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A manual of naval tactics: together with a brief critical analysis of the principal modern naval battles ... With an appendix, being an extract from Sir H. Douglas's "Naval warfare with steam.". written by James Harmon Ward and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Naval Academy
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781437077209
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Manual of Gunnery Instructions for the Navy of the United States written by United States Naval Academy and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : James Harmon Ward
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Naval Tactics written by James Harmon Ward and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tal Tovy
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612519113
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tomcats and Eagles written by Tal Tovy and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the 1970s, two new fighter aircraft entered operational service in the United States: The Navy's Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the Air Force's McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. These two aircraft were part of the backbone of the tactical air power of the United States; their introduction was accompanied by comprehensive reforms in pilot training as well as new technologies and weapon systems. In addition to the tactical significance of the two aircraft as innovative fighting platforms, however, their development and deployment should be viewed within a broad geopolitical and geostrategic context. Tovy explains how the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle were an integral part of the aerial component of the conventional arms race within the Cold War. He argues that the trend of Soviet advanced weapon systems development created a perception of threat to the United States, challenging its conventional military power. Tomcats and Eagles explores how the Vietnam War accelerated the need for advanced fighter-interceptors, and that the lessons learned from aerial combat in Vietnam had a significant impact on the design and operational characteristics of the F-15. The author reveals that after F-14s were sold to Iran and F-15s to Israel in the second half of the 1970s, these jets were integrated into their armed forces, leading to Israel's use of the F-15 during the First Lebanese War. Finally, the author provides an in-depth look at the operation of the F-14 and F-15 in U.S. actions in Southeast Asia, beginning with the Tanker Wars in the mid-1980s, through Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom, and ending with Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Author : James C Rentfrow
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612514480
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Squadron written by James C Rentfrow and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the transformation of the United States Navy as a fighting organization that took place on the North Atlantic Station between 1874 and 1897. At the beginning of this period, the warships assigned to this station were collectively administered by a rear-admiral, but were operationally deployed as individual units, each of whose actions were directed by their captains. By 1897 the North Atlantic, or “Home” Squadron as it was known, was a group of warships constituting a protean battle fleet – that is, an organized body moving and fighting in close-order, which meant that the actions of the captains were directed by a commanding admiral. The process of the development of an American battle fleet resulted in the construction of a new organizational identity for the North Atlantic Squadron. This process was as critical as the eventual outcome. It was not linear, but one in which progress in critical areas was modulated by conflicting demands that caused distraction. From 1874-1888, exercises in fleet tactics under steam were carried out sporadically utilizing existing wooden cruising vessels. From 1889-1894, the last wooden cruisers were decommissioned and the Squadron consisted entirely of new steel warships. Ad-hoc concentrations of vessels for purposes besides exercise and training retarded the continued development of doctrine and tactics necessary for a multi-ship fighting capability during this time. However, much work was done to develop a concept of multi-ship operations. From 1895-1897, the identity of the North Atlantic Squadron as a combat unit solidified. Tactical exercises were held that had specific offensive and defensive wartime applications. These exercises were necessary to develop a combat capability. The results of this study demonstrate that the United States government had an interest in developing an offensive naval combat capability as early as the 1870’s. Based on the record of the North Atlantic Squadron, it is argued that imperial aspirations, in the sense of possessing a capability to restrict the actions of other great powers in the Caribbean region, existed prior to the War of 1898. However, the process of change often resulted in the appearance of capability without the rigorous exercise necessary to possess it.

Author : Chuck Veit
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257869221
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usnlp Handbook for Civil War Naval Reenactors written by Chuck Veit and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Li︠u︡bomir Grigorʹevich Beskrovnyĭ
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Download or read book The Russian Army and Fleet in the Nineteenth Century written by Li︠u︡bomir Grigorʹevich Beskrovnyĭ and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edited translation of the original 1973 Russian edition. Contains information on personnel and organization, staffing, training, command, small arms and artillery production and supply, gunpowder and explosives, railways, highways and communication, fortresses, commissariat, and expenditures. Extensive index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Thomas Gibson Bowles
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781437046656
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maritime Warfare (1878) written by Thomas Gibson Bowles and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.