The Fighting Ship

by Bernard Brett

How have sea battles been fought throughout the centuries, where and by whom, and why? From 480 B.C., when the Greeks fought the Persians at the Battle of Salamis, to the saga of the Falklands in 1982, The Fighting Ship, with its superbly imaginative text and detailed illustrations, answers these questions and many more.
In the main part of the book crucial sea engagements are described through the eyes of one of the combatants -- we read, for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192731556
• ISBN13: 9780192731555
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher