Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships
Author: Robert Gardiner
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780851772783
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Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780851772783
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Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1983-11-30
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780870219191
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Gardiner
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780870219184
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Gardiner
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 675
ISBN-13: 9780851776057
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ten years have passed since the two-volume Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982 was published and in that time, profound changes have occurred in the make-up of the world's navies, and the aftermath of the break up of the Warsaw Pact represents an opportune time to revise the work and bring it up to date.
Author: Eric W. Osborne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2005-06-22
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1851094849
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On July 4, 1991, the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers, the most powerful surface combatants in naval history, was commissioned. It was the culmination of a century-and-a-half evolution of the destroyer—an evolution captured in this vivid and timely history of the world's most popular warship. Destroyers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact tells the story of one of the most-recent, most-rapidly evolving additions to the world's navies. Coverage ranges from the 1882 launch of the first destroyer, through the nonstop technical and strategic innovations of the world war eras, to the current high watermarks of destroyer design such as the Arleigh Burke class (named for the navy's most-famous destroyer squadron combat commander). With its ship-by-ship analysis, this masterful volume shows how destroyers have continually met the challenge of protecting naval and land operations from ever more dangerous attacks. The book also captures the flavor of shipboard life for officers and crew and looks at the crucial role of the destroyer as a standard-bearing status symbol of naval might and political intention.
Author: Eric W. Osborne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-11-23
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1851093702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fast cruisers, the eyes of the fleet, were the standard-bearers of empire, the ultimate warships of gunboat diplomacy—no other vessel class was so well equipped to serve as both a working war machine and a projection of national might. Cruisers and Battle Cruisers explores the pivotal importance of cruiser-class ships to naval warfare and, in a wider scope, world politics. In vivid but accessible detail, it describes the milestones of cruiser design and deployment from mid-19th century development of steam-propelled, ironclads to the World War I introduction of battle cruisers; from the decisive naval engagements of World War II and the addition of missiles and computerized systems to the most recent developments. Readers will see how specific technological changes progressively increased the destructive power of cruisers and altered their combat roles, how design innovations altered the quality of life aboard ship, and how cruisers came to be called upon to serve a variety of noncombat roles in war and peace.
Author: Richard Harding
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-12-17
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1472579100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Specifically structured around research questions and avenues for further study, and providing the historical context to enable this further research, Modern Naval History is a key historiographical guide for students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of naval history and its contemporary relevance. Navies play an important role in the modern world, and the globalisation of economies, cultures and societies has placed a premium on maritime communications. Modern Naval History demonstrates the importance of naval history today, showing its relevance to a number of disciplines and its role in understanding how navies relate to their host societies. Richard Harding explains why naval history is still important, despite slipping from the attention of policy makers and the public since 1945, and how it can illuminate answers to questions relating to economic, diplomatic, political, social and cultural history. The book explores how naval history has informed these fields and how it can produce a richer and more informed historical understanding of navies and sea power.