Twenty-First Century Warships [Hardcover]

Steve Crawford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 2002

Climb aboard the world's most technologically advanced surface warriors. Vivid color photographs feature cruisers, destroyers and frigates tasked with combat operations against hostile submarines, surface ships and aircraft, missiles and targets ashore. Take a land-lubber's look at the U.S Navy's awesome vessels - Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers, Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers, Spruance class destroyers, and Oliver Hazard Perry frigates. High-seas adventure from cover to cover!

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About the Author

Steve Crawford has written a number of books on military subjects, including Tanks of World War II, Deadly Fighting Skills of the World, The SAS at Close Quarters, The Eastern Front Day by Day and Battleships and Carriers. He lives in the south of England.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (November 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076031408X
• ISBN-13: 978-0760314081
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,496,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Limited information, May 15, 2006

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John A. Horner "squadleader" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twenty-First Century Warships (Hardcover)

This book is a major disapointment, as it is pretty much just a few ships from many different navies with little in the way of descriptions or information. Why these ships were chosen is not explained, and there is so little information about each one, that it is impossible to make any sort of generalizations about them. Even worse, the information presented could be found almost anywhere, and there is nothing new here. It does not seem that the author has anything new to add. For example, the French carrier Charles De Gaulle is presented, but the author presents nothing in the way of why it was built, the problems it has had, and the interesting anti-roll feature is mentioned, but there is no explanation as to what it is or how it works. Also, and this is a major problem, there are no dates given so it is difficult to tell the ages of the ships and if they are new or at the end of their lives.

Save your money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A good start but not for informed readers, December 14, 2008

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Warren P. Peters "Book Lover" (Fullerton Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twenty-First Century Warships (Hardcover)

This is a bad book in that it only covers a few ships out of a few major navies of the world it only book mentions things about different classes of ships but then never explains how the changes were done. Which leaves the reader with no idea of how a warship weapons system operates.

This book would be good in a child's library but not in an person with an interest in naval systems. In short don't buy this book if you want to see a majority of the type of ships in a modern navy. Buy Jane's.