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.)
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Reviewed on: 01/30/1990
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 353 pages - 978-0-670-81416-9
Hardcover - 978-0-517-08008-5