Author: Bruce PeterPublisher:
ISBN: 9788790924652
Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tor Line and the Battle of the North Sea
Author: Bruce PeterPublisher:
ISBN: 9788790924652
Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era
Author: Niels P. PeterssonPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303026002X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series. This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and society of the postwar era. Shipping was both an example and an engine of globalization and structural change. In turn, the industry experienced and pioneered, mirrored and enabled key developments that led to the present-day globalized economy. Contributions address issues such as the macro-level shift of shipping’s centre of gravity from Europe to Asia, the political and legal frameworks within which it developed, the strategies and performance of both successful and unsuccessful firms, and the links between the shipping industry and the wider economy and society. Without shipping and its ability to forge connections and networks of a global reach, the modern world would look very different. By bringing together scholars from various disciplinary and national backgrounds, this book advances our understanding of the linkages that bind economies and societies together.
Naval Firepower
Author: Norman FriedmanPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848321856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
For more than half a century the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a 'firing solution' was a significant problem made all the more difficult when gun sizes increased and fighting ranges lengthened and seemingly minor issues like wind velocity had to be factored in. To speed up the process and eliminate human error, navies sought a reliable mechanical calculation. This heavily illustrated book outlines for the first time in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Covering the directors, range-finders, and electro-mechanical computers invented to solve the problems, America's leading naval analyst explains not only how the technology shaped (and was shaped by) the tactics involved, but analyses their effectiveness in battle. His examination of the controversy surrounding Jutland and the relative merits of competing fire-control systems draws conclusions that will surprise many readers. He also reassesses many other major gun actions, such as the battles between the Royal Navy and the Bismarck and the US Navy actions in the Solomons and at Surigao Strait. All major navies are covered, and the story concludes at the end of World War II with the impact of radar. This is a book that everyone with a more than passing interest in twentieth-century warships will want to read, and nobody professionally involved with naval history can afford to miss.
Ships Monthly
Author: Collected Materials for the Study of the War
Author: Albert Edward McKinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
War Reprint
Author: Encyclopedia of World War II
Author: Alan AxelrodPublisher: H W Fowler
ISBN: 0816060223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 911
Book Description
A reference to the ideological, military, political, biographical, and social topics surrounding World War II, which is often considered the pivotal event of the twentieth century.
The Study of the Great War
Author: Samuel Bannister HardingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Historical Outlook
Author: The World Book
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description