Books published by Naval Institute Press

The Civil War is often considered a "soldiers war", but Life in Jefferson Davis's Navy acknowledges the legacy of courage, endurance and the ability of the officers and men of the Confederate States Navy. In this full length study Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate sailor's life.

For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced. The Leader's Bookshelf synthesizes their responses to identify the top fifty books that can help virtually anyone become a better leader. Each of the worksnovels, memiors, biographies, autobiographies, management publicationsare summarized and the key leadership lessons extracted and presented. Whether individuals work their way through the entire list and read each book cover to cover, or read the summaries provided to determine which appeal to them most, The Leader's Bookshelf will provide a roadmap to better leadership. Highlighting the value of reading in both a philosophical and a practical sense, The Leader's Bookshelf provides sound advice on how to build an extensive library, lists other books worth reading to improve leadership skills, and analyzes how leaders use what they read to achieve their goals. An efficient way to sample some of literature's greatest works and to determine which ones can help individuals climb the ladder of success, The Leader's Bookshelf is for anyone who wants to improve his or her ability to leadwhether in family life, professional endeavors, or within society and civic organizations.

The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. Individual stories highlight different perspectives-one through the eyes of a Taliban ambassador and others through the eyes of Afghan and U.S. Army soldiers-but every account highlights the human element of war. The tales in this book-based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti-are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. While the stories are from the recent past, The 'Stan is still very much about Afghanistan's and America's present-and likely their future.