A History of the Royal Navy: World War I

by Mike Farquharson-Roberts

World War I is one of the iconic conflicts of the modern era. For many years the war at sea has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of that war, the British Government had expected and intended its military contribution to be largely naval. This was a war of ideologies fought by and for empires. Britain was not defending simply an island; it was defending a far flung empire. Without the navy such an undertaking would have been impossible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780768389
• ISBN13: 9781780768380
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.6"