When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of i…
The cutting-edge papers in this collection come from some of the most distinguished practitioners world-wide in the fields of Crusading history and the maritime history of the medieval Mediterranean. Issues covered include ship construction, navigation and harbourage issues in t…
From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815", this book serves as a single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on …
Explains how and why the ONR became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Sapolsky (public policy and organization, MIT) shows that the ONR functioned as a "surrogate national science foundation" between 1946 and 1950 and argues tha…
On Seas Contested is an in-depth analysis of the Second World War's seven major navies. A team of expert naval historians have contributed chapters outlining the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union…
To meet the enormous expenses of maintaining its powerful navy, democratic Athens gave wealthy citizens responsibility for financing and commanding the fleet. Known as trierarchs - literally, ship commanders - they bore the expenses of maintaining and repairing the ships, as wel…
Fuehrer conferences on naval affairs, 1939-1945