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Torpedo on Hardback by Roger Branfill-Cook
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Torpedo

The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon
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The torpedo was the greatest single game-changer in the history of naval warfare. For the first time it allowed a small, cheap torpedo-firing vessel--and by extension a small, minor navy--to threaten the largest and most powerful warships afloat. The traditional concept of seapower, based on huge fleets of expensive capital ships, required radical rethinking because of this important naval weapon. This book is a broadranging international history of the weapon, tracing not only its origins and technical progress down to the present day, but also its massive impact on all subsequent naval wars. Torpedo contains much new technical information that has come to light over the past thirty years and covers all of the improved capabilities of the weapon. Heavily illustrated with photos and technical drawings this is a book no enthusiast or historian can afford to miss.

Author Biography:

Roger Branfill-Cook is a professional translator from French into English. He has written numerous articles for specialist magazines and is both a novelist and an author of non-fiction books.
Release date Australia
August 15th, 2014
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
200 ILLUSTRATIONS; 200 ILLUSTRATIONS
Imprint
Naval Institute Press
Pages
256
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Dimensions
221x277x23
ISBN-13
9781591141938
Product ID
22305128

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