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At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
May 1, 2002
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140246018
ISBN-10
0140246010
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$24.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A former director of naval history draws on more than a hundred diaries, memoirs, letter, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands and the Persian Gulf. Reprint.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Beginning with a gripping account of one of the most decisive naval battles in history-the 1905 battle of Tsushima between the Japanese and Russians-and ending with the sophisticated missile engagements of the Falklands and in the Persian Gulf, naval historian Ronald Spector explores every facet of the past one hundred years of naval warfare. Drawing from more than one hundred diaries, memoirs, letters, and interviews, this is, above all, a masterful narrative of the human side of combat at sea-real stories told from the point of view of the sailors who experienced it. Exhaustively researched and fascinating in detail, At War at Sea is a monumental history of the men, the ships, and the battles fought on the high seas.
"Superb . . . Spector's account provides evocative and fresh perspectives on cultures, technologies and innovations that influenced sailors' lives and shaped naval warfare." (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
"Monumental . . . Many books have recorded the history of the United States Navy, but few have meshed that history with that of all other major navies-an unusual comparative technique that brings into often startling relief the virtues and flaws of our own navy." (The Washington Post)"
"Superb . . . Spector's account provides evocative and fresh perspectives on cultures, technologies and innovations that influenced sailors' lives and shaped naval warfare." (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
"Monumental . . . Many books have recorded the history of the United States Navy, but few have meshed that history with that of all other major navies-an unusual comparative technique that brings into often startling relief the virtues and flaws of our own navy." (The Washington Post)"
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (May 1, 2001)
9780670860852 | details & prices | 463 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Draws on diaries, memoirs, letters, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the war in the Persian Gulf.
About: Draws on diaries, memoirs, letters, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the war in the Persian Gulf.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (May 1, 2002)
9780140246018 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $24.00
About: A former director of naval history draws on more than a hundred diaries, memoirs, letter, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands and the Persian Gulf.
About: A former director of naval history draws on more than a hundred diaries, memoirs, letter, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands and the Persian Gulf.
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