Author: Hans BuskPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Navies of the World
Author: Hans BuskTo Crown the Waves
Author: Vincent O'HaraPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the United States Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won, not in the trenches, but upon the waves. It explains why these seven fleets fought the way they did and why the war at sea did not develop as the admiralties and politicians of 1914 expected. After discussing each navy’s goals and circumstances and how their individual characteristics impacted the way they fought, the authors deliver a side-by-side analysis of the conflict’s fleets, with each chapter covering a single navy. Parallel chapter structures assure consistent coverage of each fleet—history, training, organization, doctrine, materiel, and operations—and allow readers to easily compare information among the various navies. The book clearly demonstrates how the naval war was a collision of 19th century concepts with 20th century weapons that fostered unprecedented development within each navy and sparked the evolution of the submarine and aircraft carrier. The work is free from the national bias that infects so many other books on World War I navies. As they pioneer new ways of viewing the conflict, the authors provide insights and material that would otherwise require a massive library and mastery of multiple languages. Such a study has special relevance today as 20th-century navies struggle to adapt to 21st-century technologies.
Navies in Modern World History
Author: Lawrence SondhausPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861892027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Navies in Modern World History traces the role of navies in world history from the early nineteenth century, through both World Wars, to the onset of the twenty-first century. Lawrence Sondhaus examines the navies of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Brazil, Chile and the Soviet Union, demonstrating the variety of ways in which these countries have made decisive use of naval power, and the challenges these navies faced when assembling equipment and stores, training sailors, and undertaking various missions, and shows in what ways the results helped change the course of modern world history." "This book also deals with aircraft carrier design and naval aviation in the second half of the twentieth century, and the leading role of navies and shipbuilders in key technological innovations of the nineteenth century and early twentieth, including advances in steam power, armour, guns and torpedoes. Today, technological break-throughs are centred around naval stealth and maritime propulsion systems. Special attention is devoted to the evolving state of naval technology, showing how the relative industrial capabilities of seafaring countries have been reflected in their maritime building programmes, providing an important link between the evolution of modern national fleets and the broader history of the period." Editeur
The History of Navies Around the World
Author: Richard BarringtonPublisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1622751434
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
An essential guide for all readers interested in high seas combat, this book covers the history of navies from the time of ancient Greek galleys to the development of battleships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to the present day. Various types of combat vessels are explained in detail with vivid photographs to illustrate. Significant attention is also given to the most noteworthy modern navies, including those of North Korea, Russia, and the United States.
Information Concerning Some of the Principal Navies of the World
Author: The War-ships and Navies of the World
Author: James Wilson KingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navies
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Information Concerning Some of the Principal Navies of the World, a Series of Tables Compiled to Answer Popular Inquiry
Author: United States. Office of Naval IntelligencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Navies of Europe
Author: Lawrence SondhausPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317869788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Europe ruled the waves for most of the modern era and even when its navies were eclipsed in size by the US force, they continued to dominate world wars. In this unique history of Europe's naval forces, Larry Sondhaus charts the development of naval warfare from the transition to steam to recent actions in the Persian Gulf. Combining detailed technical information with an in-depth comparison of warfare and tactics across some of the key conflicts of the modern world, this is an absorbing account of European and British seapower, past and present.
Expansion of Third-World Navies
Author: Michael A. MorrisPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349088218
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
On Seas Contested
Author: Vincent O'HaraPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
On Seas Contested is an in-depth analysis of the Second World War's seven major navies. A team of expert naval historians have contributed chapters outlining the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union. Each chapter consistently details key features such as weaponry, training, logistics, and doctrine. This definitive work will be a standard reference for years to come.