Using modern technical knowledge, Admiral Rickover offers convincing evidence that it was not the Spanish but spontaneous combustion in a bunker filled with coal that caused a fire which triggered the explosion of the Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. First published in 1976, the book has been updated to include new data.
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Using modern technical knowledge, Admiral Rickover offers convincing evidence that it was not the Spanish but spontaneous combustion in a bunker filled with coal that caused a fire which triggered the explosion of the Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. First published in 1976, the book has been updated to include new data.
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Publisher:
Naval History Division, Department of the Navy
Published:
1976
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17073049355
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Seller's Description:
Fair. No Jacket. Book 173 p. Includes illustrations, index. No jacket. Cover is faded, scuffed, some wear at edges, small stain on lower back. Inside of covers and endpapers yellowed with darker spots along hinges. Pages and edges of pages have some yellowing. Published in 1976; no ISBN #.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1557507171. B & W Photographs & reproductions; Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 178 pages; 1995. Naval Institute Press. HC/DJ. 1st printing of this reissue. Snugly bound and neat inoriginal color pictorial dust jacket. Superficial shelf rubbing and faint handling wear to the jacket cover and edges. Solid and attractive copy. Illustrated with b&w photos and reproductions. NF/VG++
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Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. Dust Jacket is in near-fine condition, without tears or chips. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Americana; 19th century; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 1557507171. ISBN/EAN: 9781557507174. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22466.
Edition:
Facsimile edition of Dept of Navy publication
Publisher:
US Naval Institute Press
Published:
1995
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13469934528
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Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear, soiling, and edge creasing. xii, [3], 178, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes for chapters. Note on Sources. Index. This is with a new Foreword by Francis duncan, Dana M. Wegner, IB S. Hansen, and Robert S. Price. This Rickover helmed researched study debunks the claims of Spanish sabotage that sparked the Spanish-American War but instead blames the ill-placed coal bunkers on the Maine.