The Battleship Book
By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power – and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.
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Reviews:
David Axe, What Happened After Peak Battleship (War is Boring, November 28, 2015)
Paul Stillwell, The Battleship Book (Naval History, June 2016)
Battleship related work by Robert Farley:
- Five Most Lethal Battleships Never to Set Sail, The National Interest
- America’s (Almost) Super Battleships: 65,000 Tons of Terror, The National Interest
- Is It Time to Bring Back the Battleships? The National Interest
- Five Most Lethal Battleships of All Time, The National Interest
- The Battlecruiser that Wouldn’t Die, War is Boring
- The Old Russian Battleship that Helps Explain Crimea, War is Boring
- Imperial Japan’s Last Floating Battleship, The Diplomat: APAC
- Japan’s Most Famous Battleship: The Yamato, The Diplomat: APAC
- Why Did Imperial Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri? The Diplomat: APAC
Podcasts and Other Media:
Midrats, May 22, 2016
The Diplomat, February 25, 2016
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