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by John Keegan

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Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: The Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.

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Military historian John Keegan's gripping history of naval warfare's evolution.

In The Price of Admirality, leading military historian John Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.

"The best military historian of our generation."--Tom Clancy

"The Price of Admirality stands alongside Mr. Keegan's earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war."--The New York Times

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  • Title The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
  • Author John Keegan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 353
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Publication date 1990-02-01
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780140096507 / 0140096507
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.73 x 5.05 x 0.74 in (19.63 x 12.83 x 1.88 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805, Midway, Battle of, 1942
  • Dewey Decimal Code 359.009

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  • Publishers Weekly, 01/19/1990, Page 0

About the author

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.

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