Cruisers and Battle Cruisers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact

Informationen zum Autor Eric W. Osborne , PhD, is adjunct professor in history at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. His published works include ABC-CLIO's Cruisers and Battle Cruisers . Fast cruisers, the eyes of the fleet, were the standard-bearers of empire, the ultimate warships of gunboat diplomacy--no other vessel class was so well equipped to serve as both a working war machine and a projection of national might.

Product details

• Authors: Eric W. Osborne, Osborne Eric W.
• Assisted by: Spencer C. Tucker (Editor)
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2004
• EAN: 9781851093694
• ISBN: 978-1-85109-369-4
• No. of pages: 283
• Series: Weapons and Warfare; Weapons and Warfare Series; Weapons and Warfare; Weapons and Warfare Series
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Military vehicles, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / General