In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant U...

"A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called 'the watery part of the world.'" — The Wall Street JournalIn this volume, one of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states. Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal...

Winner of Military History Monthly's 2017 Book of the Year AwardThe Classis Britannica was the Roman regional fleet controlling and protecting the waters around the British Isles – in other words, Britain's first-ever navy.For over 200 years it played a key role in the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire: it helped to establish the province of Britannia and assisted in Roman military campaigns, as well as controlling the continental coa...

Taken for granted as the natural order of things, peace at sea is in fact an immense and recent achievement—but also an enormous strategic challenge if it is to be maintained in the future. In Maritime Strategy and Global Order, an international roster of top scholars offers historical perspectives and contemporary analysis to explore the role of naval power and maritime trade in creating the international system.The book begins in the early days of the industrial revoluti...

From an acclaimed naval historian, Crusoe's Island charts the curious relationship between the British and an island on the other side of the world: Robinson Crusoe, in the South Pacific.The tiny island assumed a remarkable position in British culture, most famously in Daniel Defoe's novel. Andrew Lambert reveals the truth behind the legend of this place, bringing to life the voices of the visiting sailors, scientists and artists, as well as the wonders, tragedy and violen...

Navigating Algorithms: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Structures takes readers on an engaging journey through the essential concepts of data structures and algorithms in computer science. Covering everything from fundamental searching techniques like Binary Search and Jump Search, to more advanced topics such as Hashing, Tree-Based Indexing, and the Zipf distribution, this book provides both theoretical foundations and practical coding implementations. With a strong emphasis on real-world a...

At Sea Against the Soviet Fleet is a history of the evolution of the United States Navy's Operational Intelligence culture that informs great power competition with China today.At Sea Against the Soviet Fleet examines the critical transformation of naval intelligence during a pivotal era marked by the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict. Bryan Leese meticulously details how U.S. Navy operational intelligence evolved to meet the comp...

HMS Dreadnought (1906) is closely associated with the age of empire, the Anglo-German antagonism and the naval arms race before the First World War. Yet it was also linked with a range of other contexts - political and cultural, national and international - that were central to the Edwardian period. The chapters in this volume investigate these contexts and their intersection in this symbolically charged icon of the Edwardian age. In reassessing the most famous warship of the period, this ...

What happens when someone enters your life at exactly the right moment, but not for the amount of time you hoped?When Michael Lambert Jr. discovers a stranger through a random social media post, he never imagines that a simple message will lead to months of unforgettable conversations, airport reunions, mountain adventures, shared dreams, and a connection that will change him forever.As the relationship grows, so do the possibilities. Together they discuss future plans, dis...

Colorado Sunrise is a raw, cinematic memoir about modern love in the age of algorithms, airports, voice messages, and emotional ambiguity.What starts as a random Instagram interaction and a simple "$200 to chill" unexpectedly evolves into a six-month emotional odyssey filled with Colorado adventures, airport reunions, mountain sunrises, late-night drives, seaweed snacks, art exhibits, foggy roads, zoo lights, music, and the complicated intimacy that forms when two lonely p...

The Future of Jobs in the Age of Artificial Intelligence explores one of the most urgent questions of the 21st century-what will work look like when machines outperform humans in efficiency, precision, and speed? Written from the dual perspective of a doctoral researcher in Business Administration and an IT professional with over two decades of coding and technology experience, this book is both a deeply researched academic study and a grounded, real-world examination of AI's grow...

What does ethical leadership look like across vastly different fields? Leadership and Ethics: A Three-Voice Interviewexplores this question through candid, in-depth conversations with three leaders-a results-driven Director of Sales, a hands-on Glazer Crew Lead, and a visionary Assistant Principal-each navigating real-world leadership challenges in their own domain. In this immersive and thought-provoking volume, Michael Lambert Jr. presents a unique comparative study that combine...