The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway
Pages: 400
|Published: 1 Mar 1988
Description
Military historian John Keegan’s gripping history of naval warfare’s evolution.
In The Price of Admirality , leading military historian John Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.
“The best military historian of our generation. ”—Tom Clancy
“ The Price of Admirality stands alongside Mr. Keegan’s earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war. ”—The New York Times
In The Price of Admirality , leading military historian John Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.
“The best military historian of our generation. ”—Tom Clancy
“ The Price of Admirality stands alongside Mr. Keegan’s earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war. ”—The New York Times
