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Friedman, Norman. Seapower As Strategy: Navies and National Interests. Naval Institute, 2001. An explanation of naval strategy and its role in the 21st century.

Hill, J. R., ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy. Oxford University Press, 2001, 2002.

Sondhaus, Lawrence. The Navies of Europe. Longman, 2002. The evolution of European navies and naval technology, from 19th-century beginnings through the 1990s.

Spector, Ronald H. At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century. Viking, 2001, Penguin, 2002. Covers the development of naval strategy, tactics, and technology during the 20th century.

Waller, Douglas C. Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot. Simon & Schuster, 1998. Chronicles the training program for Navy pilots; a behind-the-scenes account of the physical and psychological trials endured by the most specialized group of pilots in military history.

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Baer, George W. One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990. Stanford University Press, 1994, 1996. Coverage of American naval strategy from the rise of the modern navy to the Gulf War.

Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1998. University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. A sweeping chronicle of the U.S. Navy's development and many engagements.

Lehman, John. On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy. Free Press, 2001, Touchstone, 2002. A former secretary of the navy writes an episodic overview of great battles and great men for the general reader.

Sweetman, Jack. The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History. Naval Institute, 1995. The development of the academy; bibliography.

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