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Naval Battles of the 20th Century Hardcover - 2001

by Richard Hough

The great battles at sea over the last 100 years, from the first major engagement between ironclad fleets in 1905, to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, are detailed in this account that are graphically reconstructed for the reader. Illustrations.


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The major naval powers -- Britain, America, Russia, and Japan -- have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. This book is a detailed account of the bloody and tragic battles that took place and of the shifting pattern in the status of the naval powers, sometimes masking its effect on our history today.

In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets -- the Battle of Tsu-Shima -- took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in Japan's favor. What follows are the mighty sea battles of our century, graphically reconstructed for the reader. Victories, defeats, and mutinies at sea, from the battle with the Bismarck to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, are all recorded in sometimes horrific detail. This is a moving testament to battles the likes of which changed the world.

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By 1900 the eastward expansion of the Tsarist Russian Empire had reached the Pacific and, in extending its influence into Manchuria.

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  • Title Naval Battles of the 20th Century
  • Author Richard Hough
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Overlook Books, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date February 15, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781585670406 / 1585670405
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.34 x 1.14 in (23.60 x 16.10 x 2.90 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Naval art and science - History - 20th, Naval history, Modern - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00051565
  • Dewey Decimal Code 359.009

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  • Library Journal, 04/01/2001, Page 115
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