I recently finished this very interesting book on the early history of small-scale ship combat and raiding in the US Navy and Marine Corps. For you SciFi lovers, it reminds me quite a bit of the early Honor Harrington books and even some older Battletech fiction I’ve read.

It’s a little pricey normally, but right now the publisher (OU Press) is having a 40% off sale. If you like this sort of thing it is certainly worth your time.