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Roger Parkinson - Dreadnought: The Ship that Changed the World - 9781780768267 - V9781780768267
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Dreadnought: The Ship that Changed the World

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Description for Dreadnought: The Ship that Changed the World Hardback. .
The years leading to World War I were the 'Age of the Dreadnought'. The monumental battleship design, first introduced by Admiral Fisher to the Royal Navy in 1906, was quickly adopted around the world and led to a new era of naval warfare and policy. In this book, Roger Parkinson provides a re-writing of the naval history of Britain and the other leading naval powers from the 1880s to the early years of World War I. The years before 1914 were characterised by intensifying Anglo-German naval competition, with an often forgotten element beyond Europe in the form of the rapidly ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780768267
SKU
V9781780768267
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Roger Parkinson
Roger Parkinson is a naval historian with a PhD in Naval History from University of Exeter. He is the author of The Late Victorian Navy.

Reviews for Dreadnought: The Ship that Changed the World
'An informative and readable book, it provides a useful summary of the subject, placing it in a wider context' Michael Duffy

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