Fleets of World War II: Design History and Analysis for Every Ship of Every Navy - Hardcover

Worth, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1608881601 ISBN 13: 9781608881604

Publisher: Nimble Books, 2015

Synopsis

Caught up in global chaos, the navies of World War II had to fight campaigns that rarely matched prewar planning. Each country found itself adapting its fleet compositions, ship designs, personnel training, and weaponry to ever-changing circumstances and ever-fluctuating resources-with varying degrees of success.

An understanding of the successes and failures requires an uncompromising critique of the tools of war. Fleets of World War II pins down the warships' actual qualities, a nation-by-nation survey covering everything from the mightiest battlewagons to modest patrol craft. After fifteen years as a staple of naval research, Fleets of World War II now appears in this updated edition with expanded text and more than 150 photographs.

Praise for the first edition:

"With a substantial library of good books on the fighting ships of the last century and a half, I am glad to add Richard Worth's Fleets of World War II to my collection." -Frank Uhlig, Jr., U. S. Naval War College

"This one book contains a perfect distillation of facts, theory and application on almost any ship that saw use in World War II." -Wargamer.com

"Fleets of World War II probably represents the best single-volume comprehensive treatment of World War II warships available today." -William J. Jurens, Warship International

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: Nimble Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1608881601
• ISBN 13: 9781608881604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 778