Naval battles of the twentieth century / Richard Hough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hough, Richard, 1922-1999.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval battles.

History.

Naval art and science--History--20th century.

Naval art and science.

Naval battles--History--20th century.

Naval history, Modern--20th century.

Naval history, Modern.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Nilsson, William F., Jr. (donor)

Physical Description:

304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2001.

Summary:

"The major naval powers - Britain, the United States, Russia, and Japan - have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. This book is a detailed account of the bloody and tragic battles that took place and of the shifting pattern in the status of the naval powers."--Jacket.

Contents:

Battle of Tsu-Shima

Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands

Battle of Dogger Banks

Battle of Jutland

Battle of River Plate

Battle with the Bismark

Battle of Cape Matapan

Battle of the South China Sea

Battle for the Pacific : Opening rounds

Battle of Midway

Battle for Guadalcanal

Battle of North Cape

Battle for the Philippines.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Constable, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index.

Local Notes:

Ex Libris Nautica copy presented to the Penn Libraries by LT. CMDR. William F. Nilsson, Jr., USNR (Ret.).

Other Format:

Online version: Hough, Richard, 1922-1999. Naval battles of the twentieth century.

ISBN:

1585670405

9781585670406

158567379X

9781585673797

OCLC:

45195784