Dreadnought : the ship that changed the world /

The years before World War I were the 'Age of the Dreadnought'. The monumental battleship design, first introduced by Admiral Fisher to the Royal Navy in 1906, was quickly adopted around the world and led to a new era of maritime warfare. In this book, Roger Parkinson provides a re-writing...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parkinson, Roger (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Temas:
Dreadnought (Battleship)
1800-1999
Battle cruisers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Battle cruisers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Sea-power > Great Britain > History.
Croiseurs de bataille > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Croiseurs de bataille > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Puissance maritime > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
General & world history.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Battle cruisers.
Sea-power.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 20e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
Naval history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Origins of the Pre-Dreadnought Era; 2 The Pre-Dreadnought Era in the 1890s; 3 The New Navies of the 1890s; 4 Fisher and the Dreadnought; 5 The Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine); 6 The Politics and Diplomacy of Naval Policy; 7 From Dreadnoughts to Super-Dreadnoughts; 8 The Worldwide Dreadnought Arms Race; 9 World War I to Jutland; 10 From Jutland to Washington; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography.

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