Tag: Naval Institute Press
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Book Review Redux: ‘Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan’
Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan By: Clay Blair, Jr. Publisher (Reissue): Naval Institute Press Year of Publication: (Original) 1975, (Reissue) 2001 Genre: Naval Warfare, World War II (Pacific Theater), U.S. Navy, Submarines, Submarine Warfare 🚢 Silent Victory: A Masterclass in Undersea Warfare and Strategic Reckoning Few weapons reshaped the course of 20th-century…
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Book Review: ‘Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait’
Strategic Scope Without Sentiment: A Review of Desert Victory by Norman Friedman 📘 Title: Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait🖋️ Author: Norman Friedman🏛️ Publisher: Naval Institute Press📅 Publication Date: Fall 1991📚 Genre: Military History / Strategic Analysis Military history comes in many flavors—some rich with battlefield grit, others cool and cerebral. Norman Friedman’s Desert Victory…
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Book Review: ‘The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: A Graphic Novel Adaptation’
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in Books, James D. Hornfischer, Military History, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (2004 book), The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (2021 Graphic Novel), World War II (1939-1945)The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Based on: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour, by James D. Hornfischer Adapted by: Doug Murray (Writer), Steven Sanders (Illustrator), Matt Soffe (Colorist), and Rob Steen (Letterist) Publisher: Dead…
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On Books: Previewing a New Graphic Novel’s Take on James D. Hornfischer’s 2004 Classic ‘The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors’
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in Books, James D. Hornfischer, Military History, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (2004 book), The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour (2021 Graphic Novel), World War IIHi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Fish Hawk, Florida on Sunday, November 7, 2021. It is a cool late autumn day. Currently, the temperature is 68˚F (20˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 76% and the wind blowing from the north-northwest at 11 MPH (18 KM/H), the wind-chill factor is 67˚F (20˚C)…
A Certain Point of View, Too 