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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
Gavin Menzies
Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had...
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Ian W. Toll
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
"A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."— New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became...
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Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
Alex Kershaw
Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen, and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other Allied submarine in the Pacific. And then, on her fifth patrol,...
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433
Louise Levathes
Oxford University Press, USA
Oxford University Press, USA
A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured...
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
Harper Paperbacks
Harper Paperbacks
Little is known--and less has been published--about American submarine espionage during the Cold War. These submerged sentinels silently monitored the Soviet Union's harbors, shadowed its subs, watched its missile tests, eavesdropped on its...
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First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps (Bluejacket Books)
Victor H. Krulak
US Naval Institute Press
US Naval Institute Press
Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, the legendary Marine general Victor "Brute" Krulak offers here a riveting insider's chronicle of U.S. Marines--their fights on the battlefield and off, and their extraordinary esprit...
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