War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

by James P Delgado and James P. Delgado

Book Overview

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. Resting in its depths lie the lost ships of war, spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles that claimed them, like Actium, Trafalgar, Tsushima, Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and Midway. Underwater exploration is increasingly discovering long-lost warships from the deepest parts of the ocean, revealing a vast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190888016
• ISBN13: 9780190888015
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"