The Great War at Sea 1914-1918
by Hough, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0192158716
- ISBN 13
- 9780192158710
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About This Item
The Great War at Sea 1914-1918, Hough, Richard. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983. First Edition. 8vo, 353 pages with bibliography and index, photo illustrations, line maps. Blue boards with gilt spine titles. Clipped dustjacket is otherwise in fine condition and now protected in mylar; volume in fine, unmarked condition.
Describes the years leading up to 1914, the Kaiser's burning resentment of Britain's unchallenged supremacy at sea, and the headlong race to war, accelerated by the construction of the "Dreadnought", the biggest, fastest, and most heavily gunned battleship in the world.
Describes the years leading up to 1914, the Kaiser's burning resentment of Britain's unchallenged supremacy at sea, and the headlong race to war, accelerated by the construction of the "Dreadnought", the biggest, fastest, and most heavily gunned battleship in the world.
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- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2961
- Title
- The Great War at Sea 1914-1918
- Author
- Hough, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0192158716
- ISBN 13
- 9780192158710
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- This edition first published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY AND POLITICS, MILITARY; MARINE ETC;
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