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By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air
Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every
capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these
powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and
folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power — and
sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more
than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known
to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever
owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore
that greatly affected battleships.
