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

<b>Military historian John Keegan's gripping history of naval warfare's evolution. <p/> </b>In <i>The Price of Admirality</i>, 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. <p/> "The best military historian of our generation."--Tom Clancy <p/> "<i>The Price of Admirality </i>stands alongside Mr. Keegan's earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war."--The <i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>Author:</b> John Keegan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Books<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/1990<br><b>Pages:</b> 353<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.62lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.73h x 5.05w x 0.74d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140096507<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 01/19/1990<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (</b>1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the <i>Daily Telegraph</i> (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including <i>The Face of Battle</i>, <i>The Mask of Command</i>, <i>The Price of Admiralty</i>, <i> Six Armi