Stephen Howarth Knihy

"To Shining Sea" is a landmark work of naval history--the most comprehensive and authoritative narrative account of American sea power written in recent times. From John Paul Jones's defiant cry "I have not yet begun to fight," to the war in the Persian Gulf, Stephen Howarth chronicles the epic story of the United States Navy. Here are the first engagements of the tiny Continental Navy, the fight against the Barbary pirates, the watershed clash of the Monitor and the Merrimack, the development--from blueprint to battleship--of the U.S. Navy's first modern capital ships and submarines, the great battles of World War II in the Pacific, and the navy's deployment in Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf. For this edition, Howarth provides a new afterword discussing recent developments in the U.S. Navy

A "Savile Row suit" is universally understood to be the best one can possibly get. There can be few other streets in the world that have become such a byword for excellence. Yet how did this come about? One tailor more than any other is responsible—Henry Poole & Company. Carefully researched and beautifully illustrated, Henry Poole chronicles the evolution of Savile Row as well as encompassing a social record of Britain's emergence to international prominence.Author Stephen Howarth cleverly interweaves the various threads of the Henry Poole story with people and events to make this a truly fascinating history.Through the doors of Henry Poole's shop and onto the pages of this book stride an impressive array of emperors and entrepreneurs, kings and courtesans, princes and politicians, crowned heads and cowboys, aristocrats and authors, gangsters and grand dukes, Hollywood stars, hoteliers, and war heroes—each bringing something special to this story.

No Other Single Industr Has Affected 20Th-Century Civilization More Rapidly Or More Pro-Foundly Than That Of Oi. The Century Wa Nearly Half Over When The Nuclear Age Began And The Computer Revolution Swept The World. Throughout The 20Th Century, Oil Has Been The Great Enabler Providing From One Basic Resource A Rainbow Range Of Products. Based Upon Unrestricted Access To Company Archives, A Century In Oil Marks The 100Th Anniversary Of The Shell Transport And Trading Company One Of The Parents Of The Royal Dutch/ Shell Group. By Most Measurements Shell Is The Largest Oi Enterprise In The World, And The The Largest Organization Of Any Kind In Europe. In A Phenomenal Industr, Shell Coud Fairly Claim To Be A Phenomenon In Its Own Rigt- Global In Scope But Always Human In Scale. A Century In Oil Tells The Frank And Dramatic Story Of A Company- Daring, Inventive, And Sometimes Controversial- Whose Work Has Toche, And Continue To Touch, All Or Daily Lives.

Focusing on firsthand accounts, David Howarth's narrative captures the dramatic events of June 6, 1944, during the D-Day invasion. By incorporating testimonies from American paratroopers, British engineers, French civilians, and German soldiers, the book vividly portrays the chaos, fear, and valor experienced on that historic day. It explores not only key incidents but also the diverse emotions and experiences of those involved, offering a comprehensive view of the greatest amphibious landing in history.

Twenty-six naval historians present the biographies of the thirty-one men who masterminded and conducted the Second World War, as well as the war's unsung heroes