The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare - Hardcover

Keegan,John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670814164 ISBN 13: 9780670814169

Publisher: Viking, 1989

Synopsis

From inside cover. In The Price of Admiralty, Keegan illuminates the history of naval conflict as it has evolved from Nelson's day until our own , offering brilliant dissection of four landmark sea battles, the Battle of Trafalgar, a conflict of wooden ships of the line; the Battle of Jutland in world War I with its ironclad steamships, the ponderous dreadnoughts; the Battle of Midway in World War II, the last great surface ship battle in which aircraft carriers proved the key players; and the long, arduous Battle of the Atlantic, which saw the submarine emerge as the last major - and ultimately most significant - technological transformation in naval operations. The Price of Admiralty recounts how each new advance in warship technology irrevocably altered the face of naval conflict - the tactics and strategy necessary for offensive and defensive manoeuvres, the role of commanders, and most important, the daily and operational routines of the men aboard.

About this title

About the Author:

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0670814164
• ISBN 13: 9780670814169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304