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War at sea : a shipwrecked history from antiquity to the Cold War / James P. Delgado.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delgado, James P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks.
- Underwater archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 465 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. Resting in its depths lie the lost ships of war, spanning the totality of human history. Many wrecks are nameless, others from more recent times are remembered, honored even, as are the battles that claimed them, like Actium, Trafalgar, Tsushima, Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and Midway. Underwater exploration is increasingly discovering long-lost warships from the deepest parts of the ocean, revealing a vast undersea museum that speaks to battles won and lost, service, sacrifice, and the human costs of warfare."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- Rome and beyond
- The age of gunpowder
- The age of sail
- Colonial conflicts in the Americas
- Iron and steam
- The race to global war
- World War I
- World War II
- The Cold War and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190888015
- 0190888016
- 9780190888022
- 0190888024
- 9780190888039
- 0190888032
- OCLC:
- 1050134103
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