About this title: Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: The Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140096507ISBN:0140096507
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140096507ISBN:0140096507
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Edition: 1st American
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1989
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The cover and the jacket has very light wear but the jacket has a price clip....Previous owners address sticker on the first blank.....The bottom outside of the pages has a remnant spot and mark...............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by...... read more
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Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiii, 353 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., biblio., index; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "John Keegan, one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians, was for many years Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst, the British Royal Military Academy, and Defense Editor of the London Daily Telegraph. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Keegan is the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of ... read more
"Excellent - Keegan applies his usual thoughtful analysis to a central element in the history of his native Britain in particular, i.e. the costs and benefits of naval hegemony. An outstanding historical review that examines not only the wars but the peacetime uses of naval power."
"Typical Keegan, which is certainly not a bad thing. In particular, the first two sections covering Trafalgar and Jutland are spot-on, and his excellent (if short) concluding section is also insightful and provocative for those interested in contemporary naval strategy and strategic trends. However, while certainly worth the time, his two sections covering Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic seemed wanting. More significantly, it seems as though Keegan himself recognizes his own limitations in covering these conflicts, citing repeatedly (and at length) Samuel Elliot Morison's _Two Ocean War_ and official histories of US naval operations in the second World War. But for this shortcoming, The Price of Admiralty is still an excellent read."
"A chronicle of how naval warfare has not only evolved over the centuries, but how command of the seas has conferred the advantage of strategic mobility to those nations which have been willing to pay "the price of admiralty.""
"A chronicle of how naval warfare has not only evolved over the centuries, but how command of the seas has conferred the advantage of strategic mobility to those nations which have been willing to pay "the price of admiralty.""
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