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Title: Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia by M. J. Whitley ISBN: 1-55750-141-6 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good, solid work on topic that needed coverage.
Comment: Cruisers is another in Whitely's series on warships of World War II--and one that is particularly needed. The cruisers of the Royal Hellenic Navy should have been included, thought. If the Brazilian and Chilean relics were included, certainly Hellas and, particularly, Averoff, should have been.
Rating: 4
Summary: Cruisers get the Whitley treatment
Comment: Given the general paucity of cruiser information, this may be the most important of Whitley's encyclopedias. As with his battleship book, the drawings are perfunctory. But the book succeeds on the basis of its concentration of data--not microscopic in detail but broad in scope. No other single volume competes with this handy book, and you definitely get your dollar's worth. You could spend twice as much on a Conway's, but you still won't have the fundamental appreciation of design features you get from Whitley.
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent Book-Nothing to Write Home About
Comment: Cruisers of World War 2 is a compilation of all the cruisers in existence during World War 2. All operational details and a history of cruisers of the major combatatants and neutral powers is included. The photo selection is good and the coverage of ships belonging to neutral contries is welcome- I bet most people didn't know that Argentina had three modern cruisers in commision during World War 2- two Italian designed and built heavy cruisers and one British built light cruiser/cadet training ship.
All in all a pretty decent reference, but the drawings are of little use except to show a basic layout- no good for modelers. Also there are some miscaptionings and factual errors, an unfortunate feature in almost all of Whitley's books. Examples- the photo captioned as HMS Dehli is of a different ship. Dehli had American pattern 5 inch guns and the ship in question still has her original British armament. Also, my copy of the book is missing the operational history of HMS Bermuda of the Fiji class. There is supposed to be a reprint which hopefully corrects these mistakes, but sloppy work should not be tolerated, especially from the Naval Institute Press.
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Title: Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia by M. J. Whitley, M.J Whitley ISBN: 0870213261 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 31 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia by M. J. Whitley ISBN: 155750184X Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman ISBN: 0870217186 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $67.50 |
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Title: Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War by Eric Lacroix, Linton, Ii Wells, Linton Wells ISBN: 0870213113 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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Title: Battleships: Allied Battleships of World War II (Battleships) by Robert O Dulin ISBN: 0870211005 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 List Price(USD): $110.00 |
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