The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare - John Keegan

Military historian John Keegan's gripping history of naval warfare's evolution. n 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. n n The best military historian of our generation.--Tom Clancy n n 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 Timesn