cover image The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

John Keegan. Penguin Books, $18 (353pp) ISBN 978-0-14-009650-7

The author here analyzes four landmark naval engagements: the 1805 British victory at Trafalgar; the WW I battle of Jutland; the WW II battles of Midway and the Atlantic. ``Keegan writes as authoritatively as his admirers have come to expect,'' maintained PW. Photos. 35,000 first printing. (Feb.)