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The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
by Keegan, John
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- ISBN 10
- 0670814164
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814169
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 24 cm, 292, illus., maps, glossary, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped. Four study cases on the evolution of naval warfare: Trafalgar, a conflict of wooden ships of the line; Jutland, with ironclad steamships; Midway, illustrating the role of aircraft carriers in the last surface-ship battle fought; and the Battle of the Atlantic.
Synopsis
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan ( 1934–2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle , The Mask of Command , The Price of Admiralty , Six Armies in Normandy , and The Second World War , and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23888
- Title
- The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
- Author
- Keegan, John
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670814164
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814169
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- WWII, Naval, Battleships, Blockades, Napoleon, Horatio Nelson, Submarines, Torpedo, U-Boats
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