Modern sea power

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Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. Viscount Books 1968. 256s. 2431 cm. Elibris. OBS Engelsk text Enligt förlaget: "A well illustrated account of the evolution of the instruments of sea power in the twentieth century: from the predominance of the battleship, to the aircraft carrier, to the nuclear submarine. With a chapter on the continuing role of merchant shipping. "The struggle for supremacy at sea is a continuing and fascinating story. This book describes in illuminating detail the development of the heavy battleship with her long-range guns: how her vulnerability was eposed with the advent of the torpedo; and her eventual decline in importance with the introduction of the aircraft carrier. During the Second World Warboth the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and the Americans in the Pacific proved conclusively that the battleship was no match for attack by bombs and torpedoes delivered from carrier-based naval aircraft and by the end of the war the aircraft carrier had replaced the battleship as the major capital ship. The second half of the twentieth century brought a shift of power at sea from above to below the surface and the arrival of the surface-to-surface and air-to-surface guided missiles introduced an entirely new concept into naval warfare: the nuclear-powered submarine - the most deadly of all weapons - firing its destructive Polaris, Poseidon and Trident missiles. Lavishly illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs, Modern Sea Power also gives detailed specifications of many classes of ship and the weaponry and surveillance systems in operation. The importance of merchant shipping in any combat is also highlighted, including the requisitioning of the famous liner, the QEII, during the Falklands Campaign. Today the struggle for sea powers mainly between the United States and other NATO countries and the Soviet Union and its satellites. The situation is finely balanced with both sides aiming for greater production and better technical development."