London: Macdonald and Company - Queen Anne Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 255 pp. Blue boards decorated in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. The Chapters are: PART ONE: INSTRUMENT OF SURVIVAL: From the Tudors to VJ Day: Four Centuries of Sea Power 1509 - 1919; Two Decades of Decline 1919 - 1939; Poor Relations 1943 - 1945; Retrospect 1945: The Last Lesson. PART TWO: THE INSTRUMENT DEMOLISHED 1945 - 1985: Demobilisation and Austerity 1945 - 1948; The Birth of NATO 1949 - 1950; From Korea to Suez 1950 - 1956; Suez and After: The Fatal Reaction; Submarine Revolution Carrier Debate; The Doomsday Ships: Into the Polaris Era; Nineteen-Sixties: The Deadly Decade; The Long Bleed: 1966 - 1982; The Falklands War March - June 1982; and Falklands Aftermath: On Course for Disaster; followed by notes and an index..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 226413
Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NAVY
Author: Humble, Richard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0356122271
ISBN 13: 9780356122274
Publisher: Macdonald and Company - Queen Anne Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1986
Size: 8vo
Keywords: seafaring; maritime; marine; naval; seagoing; nautical adventure; navy; warfare; great britain; united kingdom; uk; england; english; anglo saxon; norman; british isles;
Bookseller catalogs: History - Nautical;

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