For two generations, battleships, sometimes known as all-big-gun ships, represented the military might and pride of their respective countries. They threatened, they impressed, they surprised in a way that no other symbol could, and their presence influenced events for hundreds of miles around. Since today's capital ships are solely platforms for missiles or aircraft, battleships will never be built again. This volume preserves the technical data, design background, and career histories of all the world's battleships and ...
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For two generations, battleships, sometimes known as all-big-gun ships, represented the military might and pride of their respective countries. They threatened, they impressed, they surprised in a way that no other symbol could, and their presence influenced events for hundreds of miles around. Since today's capital ships are solely platforms for missiles or aircraft, battleships will never be built again. This volume preserves the technical data, design background, and career histories of all the world's battleships and battle cruisers. Organized by nation, type, and class, each battleship is described in detail and illustrated with plans and historic photographs. Ship histories include references to important technical and political developments in the various navies of the world. The book is a revision and expansion of Conway's All the World's Battleships: 1906 to the Present , last published in 1988.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Hardcover, large mustard yellow cloth volume in dust-jacket. 240pp., Index. Profusely illustrated with photographs Revised and expanded edition, first printing by this publisher, originally published 1987 by Conway Maritime Press. A comprehensive study of the world's battleships from the emergence of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906 up through the two Iowa class ships present during the Gulf War in 1990-91. No previous ownership marks. Very minor wave to text pages at upper extremitiy, else as new. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large book, International and Priority orders will require extra postage.
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