Great Liners at War chronicles the wartime experiences of the world's best-known passenger steamships -- from trooping voyages during the American Civil War to Queen Elizabeth 2's operations in the Falklands War of 1982.Notable ships include the Amerika, Lusitania, Vaterland, Normandie, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. Researched from ship's logs, naval records, personal reminiscences, official histories, and news accounts the detailed history of each individual ship and the conflict in which it served is covered. Lively ...
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Great Liners at War chronicles the wartime experiences of the world's best-known passenger steamships -- from trooping voyages during the American Civil War to Queen Elizabeth 2's operations in the Falklands War of 1982.Notable ships include the Amerika, Lusitania, Vaterland, Normandie, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. Researched from ship's logs, naval records, personal reminiscences, official histories, and news accounts the detailed history of each individual ship and the conflict in which it served is covered. Lively and informative, Great Liners at War takes the reader along with the ships as they travel in and out of the war zones. Some of them were sunk, some severely damaged, and some narrowly escape. All have great sea stories to tell.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good. 4to. 160 pages, illustrated with 200 rare b/w photos, bibliography, index. Pictorial card cover. The book recounts the wartime exploits of the most prominent Great Liners: Kronprinz Wilhelm, Lusitania, Vaterland, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth are a few of the ships followed as they battle their way through storms, minefields, enemy ships, aircraft and submarine packs.
