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Power at Sea, Volume 2: The Breaking Storm, 1919-1945
Lisle A. Rose
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Description for Power at Sea, Volume 2: The Breaking Storm, 1919-1945
Hardcover. Recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a different perspective. This work relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps, 21 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 984.
In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to ... Read more
In this monumental study, Lisle A. Rose revisits the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people of the most destructive war in history to show the decisive influence of sea power upon its outcome. During the years preceding World War II, Britain's once dominant Royal Navy, beset by national economic decline and steadily eroding morale within the fleet, pleaded for the appeasement of dictators in Europe and the Far East in an attempt to avoid a three-front maritime war that would surely doom the British Empire. Desperately hoping for time to build a formidable fleet, Hitler's admirals feverishly tried to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216946
SKU
V9780826216946
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