The Battleships

by Rob McAuley and Ian Johnston

Book Overview

Before the nuclear bomb, no weapon evoked as much fear as the battleship. Spanning almost two centuries, from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf War, this illustrated history explores the rapid... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752218476
• ISBN13: 9780752218472
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Channel 4 Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

excellent videos and book

for those who have not seen the 3 tv shows called the battleships it is something to watch for and a lot better than most crap on television today. The companion book at first did not impress me a lot. I have a number of ww1 and ww2 era warship books in my collection. It starts with a brief section on wooden warships. It quickly progresses to predreadnoughts and moves to the end of the era. There are better books for deck by deck breakdowns of the ships. This book deals with the why did they do things this way and politics and strategy and ecomomics. There are excellent photos of these ships and top view and side view diagrams. The text is very substantial and well thought out. the technical specs on each series of ships was informative and at medium detail considering the scope of the book.This book in summary covered a lot on naval action theory plus the politics and economics and personalities and is light on heavy technical detail. Coffee table book BS