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Title: Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860-1905 by D. K. Brown ISBN: 1-84067-529-2 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic case study of warship development
Comment: This book is not for the faint of heart. It is very detailed and technical. However, it is not prohibitive in its presentation, and anyone interested the capital ship design and development will already have the vocabulary under his belt to tackle this book. Yet, what this book offers is much more than a simple chronology of ship development. It provides telling insights into all the research and politics which went into making these 45 years, perhaps the most fecund in ship development, ever--the ships themselves were only the final products of a convoluted design process carried out in the face of both the comfort of unchallenged-empire, and the uncertainty as to the future of naval warfare. With this book (and ideally a copy of the now out-of-print but excellent Steam Steel and Shellfire) you'll be set to intelligently explore this very exciting period in warship design.
Rating: 3
Summary: Focuses on detailed naval architecture of the Royal Navy.
Comment: Very detailed descriptions of the naval architecture of the Royal Navy from the introduction of the ironclad through to the Dreadnought. The details will be of interest to architects and constructors rather than the general reader. The text assumes a naval architect's background and vocabulary on the part of the reader. Mostly deals with capital ships in the Royal Navy. Not enough detail on either the personalities of individuals behind the ships, ship engagements during the period, or developments in the ships of the Royal Navy's competitor nations. Interesting diagrams and photographs.
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Title: Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906-1922 by D. K. Brown ISBN: 1840675314 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by ROBERT K. MASSIE ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Russian and Soviet Battleships by Stephen McLaughlin ISBN: 1557504814 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $89.95 |
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Title: Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design since 1945 by D. K. Brown, George Moore, John Roberts ISBN: 1591147050 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman ISBN: 0870217151 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1985 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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