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Power at Sea, Volume 3: A Violent Peace, 1946-2006
Lisle A. Rose
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Description for Power at Sea, Volume 3: A Violent Peace, 1946-2006
Paperback. Offers readers a look at the emergence of America's naval might and establishes Power at Sea as essential in tracing the emergence of US dominance and understanding the continuing importance of ships and sailors in international power plays. This title describes the virtual disappearance after 1945 of all but one great navy. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps, 14 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Bringing to a close his epic recounting of naval power in the twentieth century, Lisle Rose describes the virtual disappearance after 1945 of all but one great navy. In the first twenty years after World War II, the U.S. Navy continued the revolutionary transformation of sea power begun in the 1930s with the integration of sea, air, and amphibious capabilities. Between 1946 and 1961, the United States placed on, above, and beneath the world's oceans the mightiest concentration of military power in history. Super-carriers filled with aircraft capable of long-range nuclear strikes were joined by strategic ballistic missile submarines. Such ... Read more
Bringing to a close his epic recounting of naval power in the twentieth century, Lisle Rose describes the virtual disappearance after 1945 of all but one great navy. In the first twenty years after World War II, the U.S. Navy continued the revolutionary transformation of sea power begun in the 1930s with the integration of sea, air, and amphibious capabilities. Between 1946 and 1961, the United States placed on, above, and beneath the world's oceans the mightiest concentration of military power in history. Super-carriers filled with aircraft capable of long-range nuclear strikes were joined by strategic ballistic missile submarines. Such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826217035
SKU
V9780826217035
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99-15
About Lisle A. Rose
LISLE A. ROSE is the author of eight previous books, including The Ship That Held the Line: U.S.S. Hornet and the First Half of the Pacific War and The Cold War Comes to Main Street: America in 1950. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957 and in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International ... Read more
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