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The battleship era

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This book traces the history of the battleship from beginning to end - i.e. from the 1860's to the 1940's. This was a time when the fate of nations rested upon their naval power and the Battleship became the main element of that power once it had eclipsed the wooden ship of the line.

This author writes a most interesting and worthwhile account of the period whilst evaluating everything from the dreadnought to the Yamato. At the same time he simultaneously explores the development of strategy from the long-established broadside to the ever increasing size of turrets and their guns.

Explaining the significance of specific ships to particular nations and the bloody battles they fought, this is clearly an author who understand his subject thus making this a book of great interest for anyone with a fascination of this period of ships and war at sea.

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