No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, June 2006). A brand-new warship with a first-rate crew, the Samuel B. Roberts shepherded tankers through the wartime chaos of the Persian Gulf — until an Iranian mine blew a truck-sized hole in its hull.
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"A first-class work." — Norman Polmar, author of Rickover and Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
"As fast-moving and tightly built as a Perry-class frigate." — James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts
"A great read." — Vice Adm. (ret.) Henry C. Mustin, former commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet
Around the World with the U.S. Navy (Naval Institute Press, 1999). In the last years of the 20th century, new demands challenged a sea service built to fight the Cold War. From Iceland to Chile to Iraq, an on-the-scene look at the U.S. Navy's people, ships, and aircraft in changing times.
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"A remarkably detailed, honest portrait of life in today's Navy." — Seapower
"A keen depiction of the Navy today." — Florida Times-Union
"An excellent introduction to the Navy's hardware and various missions around the globe, written by a reporter who interviewed everyone from admirals to deck washers." — Marc J. Hershman, professor of marine affairs at the University of Washington
223 pp., 15 photos, 6 x 9 inches, hardcover. $25.95 list, ISBN 1557506655. [Buy from Amazon.com]
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