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- By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power ― and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.
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In many ways, the battleship represented the greatest-ever concentration of naval power in a single vessel. Between World War I and World War II, the big, fast, thickly-armored and heavily-armed warships dominated the world's oceans.
And then, very quickly, the battleship became practically obsolete. Why is a complex question -- one that University of Kentucky professor Robert Farley addresses in his new tome The Battleship Book.- War is Boring
In the event of a survey course called Battleship 101, Robert Farley's work would serve as a suitable textbook. The Battleship Book is a wide-ranging primer on the subject of battleships, battle cruisers, near-battleships, and quasi-battleships....
The battleships and their kin were versatile in their time, culminating in the shore-bombardment role for U.S. ships in the final decades of the dreadnought era. The era is now over. Farley's book makes it worth studying through his rearview mirror.- Naval History, Paul Stillwell.
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- PublisherWildside Press
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1479405566
- ISBN 13 9781479405565
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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