FREE delivery April 4 - 5. Details

Select delivery location

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

$$44.39 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Ships from

YourOnlineBookstore

Ships from

YourOnlineBookstore

Sold by

YourOnlineBookstore

Sold by

YourOnlineBookstore

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. You may receive a partial or no refund on used, damaged or materially different returns.

Read full return policy

Payment

Secure transaction

Payment

Secure transaction

We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more

Details

$3.99 delivery April 10 - 11. Details

Or fastest delivery April 4 - 9. Details

Select delivery location

Used: Very Good | Details

Sold by books_from_california

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Follow the authors

The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One Hardcover – January 1, 1994

by John Walter (Author)

14

See all formats and editions

{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$44.39","priceAmount":44.39,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"44","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"39","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"UG6iXvJFWS%2BN5dkiifafW%2B6lAegFQBjnasEPtCnifh1dtWN37xtJ4Bx0VHSuKKj7DLRyRlS444u%2BaAAnyW2rePlYDY%2BfmSuSkhUYQJO5%2F4jRQwYbZhzfqSIDNUJEVAfax%2Foo8HbmvjAaFZxZxvGTLTzfe7e78Q%2FmdAAjs7Cq0yjffmUdvu1fOXzP3wy4n7z8","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$7.04","priceAmount":7.04,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"7","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"04","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"UG6iXvJFWS%2BN5dkiifafW%2B6lAegFQBjnXZAUrlT0NiBETCj1zUoT%2B7I1hSkjSMPmeK5t4Adk7HsK5ZMTJEjAQv42XXbCyTQc%2FK37xvxo8Xow5jsLCY0jr9nao4Ry%2FvvVigEq%2Bz2qpSS1l3nYzYhfWHb3KF%2BDx8qUqfheTao0AQpe3BwvaY05fQ%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

The Kaiser's Pirates graphically relates the story of the war against commerce carried out by the German surface raiders in 1914-17. In the period before submarine warfare became pre-eminent - and the wireless telegraph reduced a surface ship's ability to hide - the Imperial German navy employed a selection of men-of-war and merchantmen in an attempt to disrupt the maritime trade on which the British economy depended.
Accompanied by a detailed alphabetical listing of the many victims, the book traces the exploits of the cruisers and the merchant-raiders, supported by first-hand testimony from victors and victims alike.

Print length

192 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Naval Institute Press
Publication date

January 1, 1994
Dimensions

7.75 x 1 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

1557504563
ISBN-13

978-1557504562
See all details

John Walter
5
Paperback
50 offers from $12.64
John Walter
14
Paperback
23 offers from $14.59
John Walter
39
Paperback
21 offers from $14.33
John Walter
15
Paperback
13 offers from $14.60
John Walter
10
Paperback
14 offers from $4.95
John Walter
2
Hardcover
24 offers from $9.84

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press; First Edition (January 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1557504563
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1557504562
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,137,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews:
14

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the authors

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

John Walter
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.
Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more
See more on the author's page
John Walter
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.
I was born in Glasgow, but lived in London as a child and was educated largely in Brighton. My father trained as an engineer largely in the RAF and had ended the Second World War responsible for the upkeep of B-24 Liberator bombers in British service. My mother, daughter of a headmaster, had worked for the London Midland & Scottish Railway before joining the WAAF in 1943. So it's fairly obvious where the influences on my career came from!
Long before leaving school I worked for a small printing business just a few doors away from where I lived. My tasks included camera-work, platemaking, running the small offset-lithography presses, and preparing artwork. In collaboration with Gordon Hughes, a well-known dealer in bayonets and militaria, I then illustrated and partly wrote the first Primer of World Bayonets booklet while supposedly concentrating on A-Levels!
I was offered a university place to study chemical engineering, but my classmates had expected me to go to art college and there had been several pointers -- largely overlooked in a classics-obsessed school -- that I had an ability to write. When I was offered a chance to enter military-orientated publishing, therefore, my life changed.
I worked for Lionel Leventhal’s pioneering Arms & Armour Press until leaving, by mutual consent, as I wanted to write instead of simply helping to produce books. Since then I have completed seventy, largely on technical subjects, and translations have appeared in thirteen languages ranging from Arabic to Turkish.
Who knows what will be next!
See more on the author's page

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5

14 global ratings

2 star

0%

1 star

0%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Colin Charles Jones

An excellent, and well researched book on an overlooked WW1 campaign

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2014

Verified Purchase

I already knew a fair amount about the German Merchant Cruisers and Raiders of WW1. This book is very detailed with much about the history of the early years of the Unified Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm 2nd, particularly his Naval endeavours leading up the start of the War on 1st August 1914. The background to the creation of the pre 1914 German Empire is essential to understand the motives of some countries, particularly Japan, in joining with the Allies against Germany at that time, to grab as much of the German Eastern Empire as possible.
I would recommend the study of this and other peripheral WW1 campaigns to any serious student of Military History. Let alone one studying WW1.
So many lessons were learnt by both sides of use in the later WW2 conflict.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Bruce E. Mccall

Exciting Naval Adventures

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018

Verified Purchase

This is an interesting collection of naval adventure stories. There are chapters for each of the fourteen surface raiders. Almost half of them were light cruisers that were designed as commerce raiders, while the remainder were converted merchant ships.

Readers who like this kind of sea adventure will also enjoy "Gray Raiders of the Sea, How Eight Confederate Warships Destroyed the Union's High Sea Commerce" by Chester Hearn, c. 1992.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

anonymous

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015

Verified Purchase

Very good reference and very informative. Contains details that I had not previously read.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Logan

Great book, great delivery.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020

Verified Purchase

I quite enjoyed this book; it was very helpful when I was writing my 10 page paper on Imperial German commerce raiders for my final last semester.
The book was delivered on time, quickly, and with great efficiency; plenty of time for me to finalize my research.

Helpful

ChrisH

"A Must Have" - For the WW-I Military Enthusiast

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2018

Verified Purchase

a rare account of the WW-I surface ship raiders spawned by Germany...
with this book you can look-up the historic details of the ship made famous in that film -
"The African Queen"

"Yes Dorothy - It Did Exist"

Helpful

George Van Wallendael

Interesting Reading

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013

Verified Purchase

Fascinating study of how a small group of ships were able to tie down a large number of ships of the Royal Navy. Interesting history behind the ships and their crew.

Helpful

Heather L. Parisi

INTERSTING TO THE POINT OF SOUNDING LIKE A VOLUME OF MOVIE SCRIPT IDEAS!

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2006

IN A NUTSHELL: TRUE MILITARY HISTORY AT ITS BEST: TRUE - DRAMATIC & ENTERTAINING

True military history that is a compelling read is a rare commodity, but this book is filled with the stuff from cover-to-cover.

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT:

At the onset of World War 1, Germany found many of its surface vessels on station at distant ports, with little prospect of engaging the larger and more universally harbored British fleet. While in the process of sortieing back to Germany, and harrassing rather than engaging the larger British fleet, many German ships found themselves in the rather unexpected role of surface raider. With successful actions, like the Emden's and Konigsberg's, at the war's onset, a new and more deliberate effort to keep the British navy away from home in force was continued throughout the war. Unlike the U-boats, this surface fleet was designed to attract the attention of the British navy and to literally keep them on as many wild goose chases as possible. Their strategic goal was to reduce the numerical superiority of the British Home Fleet versus the German's 'High Sea's Fleet' pending a decisive action in the European theatre, like Jutland. Naturally, beyond their strategic goal of diverting the Royal Navy, they had tactical objectives such as:

1]- Destroying British cargo vessels and war supplies en-route.

2]- Disrupting wireless communication.

3]- Collecting the coal and other provisions they needed to stay on station without the aid of a supply train. Naturally, this meant pirating much of they needed from English sources.

4]- To observe the civility and decency as provided under international law.

The fourth objective seems in conflict with the other objectives of war, but that is what makes the story so interesting. In literally all instances, the German surface raiders of World War 1 behaved in a most admirable and chivalrous way. How they maintain this very high standard of conduct while fighting a superior force in a lost cause is what this volume is filled with. The ingenuity demonstrated by both British and Germans, including the first real air reconnaissance [on both sides], decoying, provisioning off-station, and camouflaging [German] makes for a fascinating read.

ABOUT THE BOOK: READS SO WELL ONE COULD FIND THE SCRIPT FOR A DOZEN HOLLYWOOD EPICS

After a comprehensive introduction which brings us up to speed on the state of the recent breakthroughs in propulsion technologies plus warship dispositions and fighting abilities, we get to the meat of the text.

CHAPTER FOR EACH SIGNIFICANT RAIDER: CRISP & INTERESTING

In alphabetical order each significant raider's history, including; Dresden, Emden, Konigsberg, Karlsruhe, Mowe and more [14 in all], is outlined comprehensively. Their stories are incredible for non-fiction, and beg to be made into war film epics as their drama, complexity and human interest are engrossing and universally compelling.

John Walter and the Naval Institute Press have another real winner here. The text is written in a way that draws the reader in, and allows both the military history enthusiast and the literate general reader an equal opportunity to gain from reading about this slice of early 20th century.

11 people found this helpful

Helpful

Ryan D Hanson

Superb detail on an obscure topic

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2012

German commerce raiding by surface vessels during WW1 and WW2 has always been something of a fascination for me, and this book did not disappoint. The first portion of the book provides a good general overview of the relevant history, technologies, and tactics for the period. The remainder dives into detailed accounts for each major commerce raider, with an appendix covering all the minor raiders, resulting in a very exhaustive and complete narrative. I especially enjoyed the information on each of the prizes beyond simple tonnage, such as what cargo they were carrying and where they were headed. The author's knowledge seems impeccable and many photographs are from the author's personal collection.

My only complaint is that I would have appreciated the author taking more time to discuss the overall impact (or lack of impact) of the commerce raiding. In general it seems like the surface raiding was only a minor annoyance to Britain, particularly in comparison to the U-boat blockade, but more detail and statistics explaining why would have been welcome.

6 people found this helpful

Helpful

Image Unavailable

Follow the authors

The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One Hardcover – January 1, 1994

Purchase options and add-ons

Popular titles by this author

Product details

Videos

About the authors

John Walter

John Walter

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Buy new: $44.39$44.39 FREE delivery: April 4 - 5 Ships from: YourOnlineBookstore Sold by: YourOnlineBookstore

Buy used: $7.04

Follow the authors

The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One Hardcover – January 1, 1994

Purchase options and add-ons

Popular titles by this author

Product details

Videos

About the authors

John Walter

John Walter

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Buy new:

$44.39

FREE delivery: April 4 - 5

Ships from: YourOnlineBookstore

Sold by: YourOnlineBookstore

Buy used:

$7.04