Cruisers and Battle Cruisers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
Year: 2004 Language: english Author: Eric W. Osborne Genre: History Publisher: ABC-CLIO Edition: Weapons and Warfare Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 300 Description: Cruisers and Battle Cruisers explores the pivotal importance of cruiser-class ships to naval warfare and, in a wider scope, world politics. In vivid but accessible detail, it describes the milestones of cruiser design and deployment from mid-19th century development of steam-propelled, ironclads to the World War I introduction of battle cruisers; from the decisive naval engagements of World War II and the addition of missiles and computerized systems to the most recent developments. Readers will see how specific technological changes progressively increased the destructive power of cruisers and altered their combat roles, how design innovations altered the quality of life aboard ship, and how cruisers came to be called upon to serve a variety of noncombat roles in war and peace.
Contents
Screenshots
5
Cruisers and Battle Cruisers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact.pdf
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
Cruisers and Battle Cruisers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
Language: english
Author: Eric W. Osborne
Genre: History
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Edition: Weapons and Warfare
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 300
Description: Cruisers and Battle Cruisers explores the pivotal importance of cruiser-class ships to naval warfare and, in a wider scope, world politics. In vivid but accessible detail, it describes the milestones of cruiser design and deployment from mid-19th century development of steam-propelled, ironclads to the World War I introduction of battle cruisers; from the decisive naval engagements of World War II and the addition of missiles and computerized systems to the most recent developments.
Readers will see how specific technological changes progressively increased the destructive power of cruisers and altered their combat roles, how design innovations altered the quality of life aboard ship, and how cruisers came to be called upon to serve a variety of noncombat roles in war and peace.
Contents
Screenshots
Cruisers and Battle Cruisers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact.pdf
Download [3 KB]
Share
Vitbar192
Share