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Bezig met laden... Battleships: The World's Greatest Battleships from the 16th Century to the Gulf Wardoor David Ross
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Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed in the last 500 years. Beginning with King Henry VIII's flagship, Henry Grace à Dieu, this book covers all the main periods of battleship development, including the great sailing ships, such as Sovereign of the Seas, SantissimaTrinidad, and Victory. The advent of steam-driven warships provides the core of the book, beginning with the introduction of Gloire in 1859, and continuing through all the major pre-Dreadnoughts, such as the Inflexible, Maine, and Tsessarevitch. There is detailed coverage of the great battleships of the two world wars, including Derfflinger, Yamato, and Iowa, while the book closes with the last new battleship to be commissioned, Vanguard, in 1946. Each entry includes a brief description of the battleship's development and history, a color profile artwork, key features, and specifications. Packed with illustrations and photographs, Battleships is a colorful guide for the military historian and naval warfare enthusiast. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There is always an interest in books that focus on specific aspects of military armament, from ships and planes to tanks and artillery, and this work fits nicely into that genre. What separates it from many others is the way in which the ships selected, together, tell the history of both battleships and naval warfare. This is a collection of profiles of important ships. It is also a history. And if that isn't enough, it makes a nice-looking coffee table book (if warfare is what you want on your coffee table).
What makes this a fun book is that you can read it in several ways. You can mostly flip through, take in the photographs, captions, and sidebars and come away with a nice appreciation for the development of the ship. You can keep it near where you sit and read it in much the same way you do a collection of essays or short stories, one or two ships at a time. Or you can read it straight through and get a very good look at the history of the battleship itself and of naval warfare as a whole.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. (