Fleets Of World War II - Hardcover

Worth, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306811162 ISBN 13: 9780306811166

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

For decades, the legions of World War II buffs interested in Allied and Axis naval history were limited to expensive, multi-volume works written for specialists. No longer will this be the case. Fleets of World War II, packed with data and illustrated throughout, is not a simple list of ships but a fascinating and often pungent appraisal of those ships and the fleets they served. Japan built the world's largest battleships with guns bigger than anything in the Allied arsenal-but was bigger in fact better? The British engaged in a wartime flurry of ship production-but did they build the ships they needed for victory? Fleets of World War II dispels the clutter, providing a straightforward appraisal that is nothing short of revelatory.A complete resource, the book includes every nation that took part in the war, along with the key neutrals. Each fleet is surveyed in totality, from the mighty battleships to the humble motor launches. The systematic, plain-English presentation makes for easy reference: nation by nation, ship by ship, with a multitude of details on design, strategy, and combat available nowhere else.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Richard Worth is a freelance writer with credits ranging from drama for a nationally syndicated radio series to regular articles in Center Stage magazine. His nonfiction has won the Award for Excellence in Military History from the Association of the United States Army, and he is a contributor to the Naval Gazette. He currently lives in Florida.

About the Author:

Richard Worth, a free-lance writer and contributor to the Naval Gazette, has won the Award for Excellence in Military History from the Association of the United States Army. He lives in Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0306811162
• ISBN 13: 9780306811166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376