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Destroyers : an illustrated history of their impact
- Title
- Destroyers : an illustrated history of their impact / Eric W. Osborne.
- Author
- Osborne, Eric W.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2005], ©2005.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 306 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "Era by era, ship by ship, this volume shows how destroyers have continually met the challenge of protecting naval and land operations from ever more dangerous attacks. The book also captures the flavor of shipboard life for officers and crew and looks at the crucial role of the destroyer as a standard-bearing status symbol of naval might and political intention."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Weapons and warfare series
- Uniform Title
- Weapons and warfare series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to Encyclopedias of weapons and warfare series / Spencer C. Tucker -- Ch. 1. The technological revolution leading to the development of destroyers, 1750-1860 -- Ch. 2. From experimental vessel to warship, 1860-1918 -- Ch. 3. Advancements during the interwar years and World War II, 1919-1945 -- Ch. 4. The Cold War and after, 1946-2004 -- Destroyers and frigates of the world.
- ISBN
- 1851094792 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 1851094849 (ebook)
- LCCN
- 2005007481
- OCLC
- ocm58535705
- SCSB-5207263
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries