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Mark Lardas
Author · 42 books
Mark Lardas holds a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but spent his early career at the Johnson Space Center doing Space Shuttle structural analysis, and space navigation. An amateur historian and a long-time ship modeller, Mark Lardas is currently a freelance writer in Palestine, Texas. He has written extensively about modelling as well as naval, maritime, and military history.

Series

Books

German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers book cover

German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers

1939–42

2021

The Capture of U-505 book cover

The Capture of U-505

The US Navy's Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944

2022

Constitution vs Guerriere book cover

Constitution vs Guerriere

Frigates during the War of 1812

2009

Texas Shipwrecks book cover

Texas Shipwrecks

2016

Arctic Convoys 1942 book cover

Arctic Convoys 1942

The Luftwaffe cuts Russia's lifeline

2022

World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers book cover

World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers

2016

American Light and Medium Frigates 1794-1836 book cover

American Light and Medium Frigates 1794-1836

2008

The Port of Houston book cover

The Port of Houston

2013

Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War book cover

Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War

2019

Chattanooga 1863 book cover

Chattanooga 1863

Grant and Bragg in Central Tennessee

2016

South American Battleships 1908-59 book cover

South American Battleships 1908-59

Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's Great Dreadnought Race

2018

British Frigate vs French Frigate book cover

British Frigate vs French Frigate

1793-1814

2013

Rabaul 1943-44 book cover

Rabaul 1943-44

Reducing Japan's great island fortress

2018

Nashville 1864 book cover

Nashville 1864

From the Tennessee to the Cumberland

2017

Truk 1944–45 book cover

Truk 1944–45

The destruction of Japan's Central Pacific bastion

2021

US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45 book cover

US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45

Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson Classes

2018

Roughshod Through Dixie book cover

Roughshod Through Dixie

2006

Tsushima 1905 book cover

Tsushima 1905

Death of a Russian Fleet

2018

Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45 book cover

Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45

The climax of World War II’s greatest naval campaign

2021

B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer book cover

B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer

Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943

2021

Corregidor 1945 book cover

Corregidor 1945

Repossessing the Rock

2023

USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit book cover

USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit

The War of 1812 on the Great Lakes

2017

South China Sea 1945 book cover

South China Sea 1945

Task Force 38's bold carrier rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina

2023

Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804 book cover

Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804

2011

Japan 1944-45 book cover

Japan 1944-45

LeMay's B-29 strategic bombing campaign

2019

The Battleship Texas book cover

The Battleship Texas

2016

Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy book cover

Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy

2009

US Destroyers vs German U-Boats book cover

US Destroyers vs German U-Boats

The Atlantic 1941–45

2023

American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826 book cover

American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826

2003

Great Lakes Warships 1812-1815 book cover

Great Lakes Warships 1812-1815

2012

Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon book cover

Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon

1550–1605

2020

Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004 book cover

Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004

2004

US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II book cover

US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II

2020

African American Soldier in the Civil War book cover

African American Soldier in the Civil War

USCT 1862-66

2006

George Washington book cover

George Washington

2011

Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41 book cover

Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41

RAF Coastal Command's hardest fight against the U-boats

2020

Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65 book cover

Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65

2006

The Glorious First of June 1794 book cover

The Glorious First of June 1794

2019

Shenandoah 1864 book cover

Shenandoah 1864

Sheridan’s valley campaign

2014

CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge book cover

CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge

Cherbourg 1864

2011

Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis book cover

Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis

Flamborough Head 1779

2012

The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45 book cover

The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45

Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice

2022

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