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BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

by Keegan, John

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0712659919
ISBN 13
9780712659918
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London: Pimlico, 1993. 292 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w plates, maps/battle plans. "In 'Battle at Sea (previously 'The Price of Admiralty') John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, 'The Face of Battle'. He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare th rough the centuries." Interior - minor browning in margins of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light browning to edges of text block. . Soft Cover. Very Good+.

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John Keegan is Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s foremost military historian. For many years he was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999.

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Bookseller
Capricorn Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
25363
Title
BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.
Author
Keegan, John
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
ISBN 10
0712659919
ISBN 13
9780712659918
Publisher
Pimlico
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1993
Keywords
Cape Trafalgar, Nelson, Royal Navy, Villeneuve, Sailing ships, Jutland, Ironclads, Battlecruisers, Battleships, Midway, Aircraft carriers, World War II, Second, First, I, Pacific, United States Navy, USN, Atlantic, Convoys, U-boats, Escorts, SC122, Naval
Bookseller catalogs
Military - Naval; Military - Naval: First World War; Military - First World War: Naval; Military - Naval: Napoleonic; Military - Naval: World War II;

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