The Battleship Book
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Book Details
Author(s)Robert M. Farley
PublisherWildside Press
ISBN / ASIN1479405566
ISBN-139781479405565
Sales Rank913,867
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
- By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.
