Battleships
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few weapons of war have commanded the sea — and the imagination — quite like the battleship, and Battleships by Antony Preston stands as a definitive chronicle of these iron titans from their earliest ironclad origins to the twilight of the gun-armed capital ship in the mid-twentieth century. Preston guides the reader through the great naval arms races of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, the thunderous clashes of World War I, and the dramatic Pacific and Atlantic campaigns of World War II, presenting each class of vessel with authoritative technical precision and vivid historical context. A respected naval historian, Preston brings a rare combination of scholarly rigour and accessible prose to the subject, illustrating how the battleship was not merely a weapon but a symbol of national power and industrial ambition. Rich with photographs and technical detail, the work argues compellingly that the rise and fall of the battleship mirrors the broader shifts in geopolitical dominance across a century of conflict. For anyone captivated by naval history, this volume poses an irresistible question: what truly consigned these magnificent leviathans of steel and fire to history?
Author: Antony Preston
Format: Hardback
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few weapons of war have commanded the sea — and the imagination — quite like the battleship, and Battleships by Antony Preston stands as a definitive chronicle of these iron titans from their earliest ironclad origins to the twilight of the gun-armed capital ship in the mid-twentieth century. Preston guides the reader through the great naval arms races of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, the thunderous clashes of World War I, and the dramatic Pacific and Atlantic campaigns of World War II, presenting each class of vessel with authoritative technical precision and vivid historical context. A respected naval historian, Preston brings a rare combination of scholarly rigour and accessible prose to the subject, illustrating how the battleship was not merely a weapon but a symbol of national power and industrial ambition. Rich with photographs and technical detail, the work argues compellingly that the rise and fall of the battleship mirrors the broader shifts in geopolitical dominance across a century of conflict. For anyone captivated by naval history, this volume poses an irresistible question: what truly consigned these magnificent leviathans of steel and fire to history?