Fleet Tactics
Title | Fleet Tactics PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne P. Hughes |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Looks at important naval battles of the past, including the Falklands War, analyzes naval strategy, and tells how to plan effective fleet operations.
Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, Third Edition
Title | Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, Third Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Estate of Wayne P Hughes |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2018-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1682474860 |
The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends constants, and variables. Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations continues to emphasize combat data, including how hitting and damage rates and maneuvering have been conducted to achieve an advantage over the centuries. The third edition highlights the current swift advances in unmanned vehicles, artificial intelligence, cyber warfare in peace and war, and other effects of information warfare, and how they are changing the ways battles at sea will be fought and won.
Fighting the Fleet
Title | Fighting the Fleet PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey R Cares |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2020-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1682477347 |
Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war--striking, screening, scouting, and basing--and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme. In explaining these elements and how they are conjoined for advantage, a central theme emerges: despite the utility and importance of jointness among the armed forces, the effective employment of naval power requires a specialized language and understanding of naval concepts that is often diluted or completely lost when too much jointness is introduced. Woven into the fabric of the book are the fundamental principles of three of the most important naval theorists of the twentieth century: Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske, Rear Admiral J.C. Wylie, and Captain Wayne Hughes. While Cares and Cowden advocate the reinvigoration of combat theory and the appropriate use of operations research, they avoid over-theorizing and have produced a practical guide that empowers fleet planners to wield naval power appropriately and effectively in meeting today's operational and tactical challenges.
Fleet Action
Title | Fleet Action PDF eBook |
Author | William R. Forstchen |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2016-12-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1625795483 |
The Kilrathi Empire is in a bind. For the last five years they have been constructing a secret fleet so powerful that it will slice straight through to Earth and destroy the Confederation. There is a problem, however: the Confederation has become increasingly successful with its behind-the-lines raids and the Prince fears that before the new fleet is ready, the Empire will be on the ropes. At a Kilrathi council of war a simple solution is agreed upon: sure for peace, lull the humans into disarming and then when all is ready, launch a surprise offensive. True to the tradition of democracies everywhere, the Confederation falls for it; the military stands down. Luckily for the human race, however, there are a few who don’t trust soft words from a Kilrathi mouth. Admiral Tolwyn and his veterans must fight a delaying action, buying time with their lives for humanity to make ready for the final battle… At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Title | The Battle of Leyte Gulf PDF eBook |
Author | H. P. Willmott |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 425 |
Release | 2005-08-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253003512 |
"The Battle of Leyte Gulf was an extremely unusual battle. It was unusual on five separate counts that are so obvious that they are usually missed. It was unusual in that it was a series of actions, not a single battle. It was unusual as a naval battle in that it was fought over five days; historically, naval battles have seldom spread themselves over more than one or two days. It was unusual in terms of its name. This battle involved a series of related actions subsequently grouped together under the name of just one of these engagements, but in fact none of the actions were fought inside Leyte Gulf.... More importantly, it was unusual in that it was a full-scale fleet action fought after the issue of victory and defeat at sea had been decided, and it was unusual in that it resulted in clear, overwhelming victory and defeat." -- from Chapter One The Battle of Leyte Gulf -- October 22-28, 1944 -- was the greatest naval engagement in history. In fact the battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H.P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.
Fleet Action
Title | Fleet Action PDF eBook |
Author | William R. Forstchen |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Human-alien encounters |
ISBN | 9780671722111 |
The Kilrathi Empire is caught in a bind. Because of the success of the Confederation of Earth's raids behind enemy lines, the Empire might very well be on the ropes before its new fleet can be ready. At a Kilrathi council of war, a simple solution is agreed upon--sue for peace, then launch a surprise offensive.
Voices From Jutland
Title | Voices From Jutland PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Crossley |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2016-01-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 147388408X |
Jutland was the only major fleet engagement to take place during the First World War, and indeed the only time in history in which columns of great dreadnought battleships fought each other. In spite of terrible losses of life, the battle did nothing to change the strategic situation in northern European waters, in fact it simply confirmed Britains command of the seas and her ability to enforce the blockade which was eventually to lead to Germanys downfall.