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 superbly crafted micro-epic." — Armed Forces Journal
"Should be required reading for naval officers." — Navy Times
"One of the most inspiring books about modern naval history." — Military Officer magazine
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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