[PDF.41fa] Birth of the Battleship: British Capital Ship Design, 1870-1881

Birth of the Battleship: British Capital Ship Design, 1870-1881

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 |  2003-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.84 x11.81 x.79l,2.72 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Trial.....and lots of errors|By L. Veid|This is an excellent account of the successes and failures as navies in the late 19th century moved from the world of wooden sailing ships to the new technology of steam and iron. As the leading navy of the era, the British Royal Navy is the central player in this drama, but the book also includes how the other leading navies of the era w|About the Author|John Beeler is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama, where he specialises in British and military history. He is the author of British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era.

Many books have covered the technological revolution that saw wooden hulls replaced by iron and steel, sail superseded by steam, and smooth-bore muzzle-loading gun giving way to rifled breech-loaders and entirely new weapons like torpedoes. But previous works have tended to concentrate on the technology itself, largely to the exclusion of external but crucial factors, like politics, finance, administrative problems, foreign threats and strategic situations. The years 187...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Birth of the Battleship: British Capital Ship Design, 1870-1881   |  John F. Beeler. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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