From the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf War -- from timber to steel armor, from canvas to steam -- this history explores the evolution of battleships. Special attention is given to the post-World War I arms race that spurred the development of battleships in the last century and specific World War II incidents involving these vessels.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a reference book and not even a coffee table book!,
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This review is from: The Battleships (Hardcover)
Do not expect the detail of a Jane's nor the wonderful photos you would usually expect from a coffee table book, so do not be deceived by the cover.This book is skimming over a BBC TV series. Whilst it has a few nice pictures, it is just that, a picture book, and not for the serious enthuiast. It consists of many frequently published photos and a few artist's renditions to fill up space. From the first truely famous British warship, the Mary Rose, to the HMS Victory, graduating to steel vessels, Dreadnoughts and to great battleships such as the Yamato and the American Iowa class ships; It only provides a brief Synopsis of a bygone era.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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excellent videos and book,
By jim "Jim" (ottawa canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Battleships (Hardcover)
for those who have not seen the 3 tv shows called the battleships it is something to watch for and a lot better than most crap on television today. The companion book at first did not impress me a lot. I have a number of ww1 and ww2 era warship books in my collection. It starts with a brief section on wooden warships. It quickly progresses to predreadnoughts and moves to the end of the era. There are better books for deck by deck breakdowns of the ships. This book deals with the why did they do things this way and politics and strategy and ecomomics. There are excellent photos of these ships and top view and side view diagrams. The text is very substantial and well thought out. the technical specs on each series of ships was informative and at medium detail considering the scope of the book.This book in summary covered a lot on naval action theory plus the politics and economics and personalities and is light on heavy technical detail. Coffee table book BS
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Just suppose for a moment that ships have their own kind of DNA. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
battlecruiser fleet, armoured belt, compass platform, wing turrets, battleship design, twin turrets, armoured cruisers, tripod masts, main armament, secondary armament, battle fleet, reciprocating machinery, modern battleship, dreadnought battleships, main belt, naval historian, destroyer flotillas, capital ships, fighting ships, naval strategist, world navies, new battleships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, Grand Fleet, United States, Prince of Wales, Mary Rose, Scapa Flow, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Jutland, North Sea, Battle Squadron, Washington Treaty, British Navy, Port Arthur, Queen Elizabeth, British Admiralty, King George, Graf Spee, Prinz Eugen, Pacific Fleet, South Dakota, Duke of York, New Zealand, Queen Mary, Winston Churchill, English Channel New!
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Just suppose for a moment that ships have their own kind of DNA. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
battlecruiser fleet, armoured belt, compass platform, wing turrets, battleship design, twin turrets, armoured cruisers, tripod masts, main armament, secondary armament, battle fleet, reciprocating machinery, modern battleship, dreadnought battleships, main belt, naval historian, destroyer flotillas, capital ships, fighting ships, naval strategist, world navies, new battleships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, Grand Fleet, United States, Prince of Wales, Mary Rose, Scapa Flow, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Jutland, North Sea, Battle Squadron, Washington Treaty, British Navy, Port Arthur, Queen Elizabeth, British Admiralty, King George, Graf Spee, Prinz Eugen, Pacific Fleet, South Dakota, Duke of York, New Zealand, Queen Mary, Winston Churchill, English Channel New!
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- South America (Continents) by Mike Graf on page 82, and page 127
- Grand Admiral by Erich Raeder on page 126
- Winston Churchill by Martin Gilbert on page 154
- British Battleships of World War One by Robert A. Burt in Back Matter
- Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse by Martin and Mahoney, Patrick Middlebrook in Back Matter
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