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The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

John Keegan, Author Penguin Books $18 (353p) 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

Release date: 02/01/1990

Genre: Nonfiction

Paperback - 353 pages - 9780140096507

Hardcover - 353 pages - 9780670814169

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