At War at Sea : Sailors and Naval Warfare in the 20th Century
At War at Sea : Sailors and Naval Warfare in the 20th Century
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Author(s): Spector, Ronald
ISBN No.: 9780713996012
Pages: 448
Year: 200108
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 35.65
Status: Out Of Print

Modern naval warfare began in the misty waters of the Korean Strait in May 1905 in an apocalyptic battle between the Russian and Japanese fleets. To universal astonishment the Russian fleet was annihilated. Of the 38 russian ships engaged, 33 were either sunk or captured. Ronald Spector's At War At Sea traces, from 1905 to the present, the story of the world's great navies and the crews who manned them. In a series of brilliant re-creations, Spector brings to life the battles that have defined the modern age: from such giant set-pieces as Jutland and Midway to the routine terrors of the U-Boat wars. He is equally strong on such harrowing naval encounters as the British evacuation of Crete or the American river war in Vietnam.


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