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British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War
por Friedman, Norman
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1591140811
- ISBN 13
- 9781591140818
- Livreiro
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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E-298: Naval Institute Press. Very Good. 2009. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 2009. 320 pgs. Illustrated throughout. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Noted historian Norman Friedman provides the first detailed study of the Royal Navy's destroyer from its predecessors from the 1880s to the 1930s, and its use in both World Wars. He shows how the Royal Navy developed the torpedo and its surface carrier--the destroyer--as both an offensive and defensive naval weapon. Friedman also discusses the influence the British exerted on foreign navies, including the American and Japanese fleets, destroyer design and tactics, and the British use of U. S. -supplied destroyers during World War II. The book is profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings by A. D. Baker III and Alan Raven. EB; 11.5 X 9.9 X 1.2 inches; 320 pages .
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- Livreiro
- Last Exit Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 63651
- Título
- British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War
- Autor
- Friedman, Norman
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1591140811
- ISBN 13
- 9781591140818
- Editorial
- Naval Institute Press
- Local de publicação
- E-298
- Data de publicação
- 2009
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