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Birth of the Battleship
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Of all the innovations recorded on the tables of modern history, none are more stirring than the momentous appearance of the steam-powered vessel, laden with cannon, clad in iron, hurled among the light sailing ships "like a lion among a flock of sheep". Such, in brief, is the birth of the battleship in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Drawing on the official archives of the great powers and private correspondence, Professor Baxter reveals the anxieties, the setbacks — and the triumphs — of the first builders, while highlighting the extent of the financial sacrifices imposed on governments. A true "revolution" in the Western navies.
- Author 1
- James Phinney Baxter
- Publication date
- 1935
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- French
- Publisher
- Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Critique