In the great wars that dominated the twentieth century, no territory was more fiercely contested that the sea.
Four great naval powers — Britain, America, Russia, and Japan— all contested control of the oceans.
In 'Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century' the leading historian Richard Hough provides a masterful overview of those conflicts.
In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets—the Battle of Tsu-Shima—took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in Japan’s favour.
What follows are the mighty sea battles of our century, graphically reconstructed for the reader.
Victories, defeats, and mutinies at sea, from the battle with the Bismarck to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, are all recorded in sometimes horrific detail.
This is a moving testament to battles that changed the world.
"Hough is a good storyteller with a refreshing, breezy style." The Wall Street Journal
Richard Hough, the distinguished naval historian, was the author of many acclaimed books in the field, including ‘The Fleet That Had to Die’,’Admirals in Collision’, ‘The Great War at Sea: 1914-18’, and ‘The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-45’. He was the biographer of Mountbatten, and his last biography, ‘Captain James Cook’, became a world bestseller.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
Four great naval powers — Britain, America, Russia, and Japan— all contested control of the oceans.
In 'Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century' the leading historian Richard Hough provides a masterful overview of those conflicts.
In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets—the Battle of Tsu-Shima—took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in Japan’s favour.
What follows are the mighty sea battles of our century, graphically reconstructed for the reader.
Victories, defeats, and mutinies at sea, from the battle with the Bismarck to the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, are all recorded in sometimes horrific detail.
This is a moving testament to battles that changed the world.
"Hough is a good storyteller with a refreshing, breezy style." The Wall Street Journal
Richard Hough, the distinguished naval historian, was the author of many acclaimed books in the field, including ‘The Fleet That Had to Die’,’Admirals in Collision’, ‘The Great War at Sea: 1914-18’, and ‘The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-45’. He was the biographer of Mountbatten, and his last biography, ‘Captain James Cook’, became a world bestseller.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
