The Price of Admiralty - Hardcover

Keegan, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091737710 ISBN 13: 9780091737719

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1988

Synopsis

The aim of John Keegan's new book is to apply to warfare at sea the same technique he employed in his classic work The Face of Battle, so to discover how men have fought at sea, and to explore the nature of the indvidual's experience of combat over changing times. The conflicts Keegan has chosen begin with Trafalgar in 1805, a classic and well-documented example of ship-of-the-line battle. Next he turns to Jutland, posing very different problems for commander and seaman alike. Then to the Battle of Midway, where he examines the particular role played by the aircraft carrier, with its 'two societies', that of the ship itself and that of the 'air group' elite which supplied its raison d'etre. Finally he examines the Battle of the Atlantic, in which he recreates a picture both of everyday life and operational routine within the boat that saw the last great technical transformation of naval operations, and ultimately the most significant - the submarine. The book concludes with a survey of how naval warfare may be expected to evolve in the future - with surface navies disappearing altogether.

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Synopsis:

The aim of this book is to explore how men have fought at sea and to examine the nature of the individual's experience of combat over changing times. The conflicts chosen begin with Trafalgar in 1805, a classic and well-documented example of a ship-of-the-line battle. Next the author turns to Jutland, posing very different problems for commander and seaman alike. Then to the Battle of Midway, where he examines the particular role played by the aircraft carrier, and its "two societies", that of the ship itself and that of the "air group" elite which supplied its raison d'etre. Finally, the book examines the Battle of the Atlantic, in which the author recreates the everyday life and the operational routine within the boat that saw the last great technical transformation of naval operations, and ultimately the most significant - the submarine. The book concludes with a survey of how naval warfare may be expected to evolve in the future - with surface navies disappearing altogether.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0091737710
• ISBN 13: 9780091737719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320