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020 _a9781780768267 (hbk.):
_c25.00GBP
100 1 _aPARKINSON Roger
245 _aDreadnought :
_bthe ship that changed the world /
_cRoger Parkinson.
260 _aLondon:
_bI B Tauris,
_c2015.
300 _axiv, 306 pages , 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ills (black and white) ; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis book shows how the dreadnought enabled the Royal Navy to develop from being primarily the navy of the 'Pax Britannica' in the Victorian era to being a war-ready fighting force in the early years of the twentieth century.
650 _aDREADNOUGHT (BATTLESHIP)
650 _aGREAT BRITAIN. ROYAL NAVY.
650 _aBATTLE CRUISERS
_x GREAT BRITAIN
_x HISTORY
_v19TH CENTURY.
945 _i55043-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c33237
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