War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Cold War
- ISBN-10
- 0190888016
- ISBN-13
- 9780190888015
- Series
- War at Sea
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 465
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- James P. Delgado
Description
"From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare presents the latest archaeology of sunken warships. It provides a unique perspective on the evolution of naval conflicts, strategies, and technologies, while vividly conjuring up the dangerous life of war at sea"--
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- 2021-11-15
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