The Price Of Victory: A Naval History Britain: 1815 – 1945 N M Rodger Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

The Final Instalment Of N A M Rodger\ S Definitive Authoritative Trilogy On Britain\ Naval Historyat End French And Napoleonic Wars British Sea-Power Was At Its Apogee But By 1840 As One Contemporary Commentator Put It Admiralty Full ‘Intellects Becalmed In Smoke Trafalgar’ How Royal Navy Reformed Reinvigorated Itself Course Nineteenth Century Is Just Thread This Magnificent Book Which Refuses To Accept Standard Assumptions Analyses All Great Actions Are Here From Navarino 1827 (Won Daringly Disobedient Admiral Codrington) Jutland D-Day Battle Atlantic Battles Pacific 1944 45 Concert With Us Development Strategic Significance Submarine Air Forces Superbly Described Rapid Evolution Ships (From Classic Nelsonic Type Hybrid Steam Sail Then Armour-Clad Fully Armoured Dreadnoughts Beyond) Weapons Social History Officers Men – Sometimes Women Always Key Part Author’s Work Not Neglected Rodger Sets Essential Context Politics Geo-Strategy Character Importance Leading Admirals Beatty Fisher Cunningham Assessed Together Roles Other Less Famous No Consequential Figures Based Lifetime’s Learning Culmination Most Significant Historical Works Recent Decades Specialists Will Find Much That New Be Invigorated Originality Rodger’s Judgements Everyone Who Interested Central Threads Rewarding Σελίδες: 976 Διαστάσεις: 15 9X15 9Cm