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An Encyclopedia of Naval History
Anthony Peter Charles BruceWilliam B. Cogar
出版Facts on File, 1998
主題History / Military / General
ISBN08160269719780816026975
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xLmEQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋An Encyclopedia of Naval History provides both the structure and details of the evolution of naval history over the last five centuries. A fascinating and functional research tool, it contains more than 1,000 carefully researched entries arranged alphabetically. In An Encyclopedia of Naval History you will find entries for major wars, including detailed chronologies of attendant naval engagements, as well as entries for smaller naval battles; histories of individual ships, and the progression of warship technology from the 16th through the 20th centuries, including design modifications of strategic significance, ship dimensions, and weaponry; biographies of naval commanders such as Barbarossa, Horatio Nelson, Sir Francis Beaufort, Chuichi Nagumo, and Hyman George Rickover, among many others; descriptions of the development of navies, naval organizations, and naval tactics; suggested further readings, extensive cross-references, a synoptic index, a general index, and 124 illustrations; and more.