The Battleship Book
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Robert Farley examines the development, deployment, and strategic significance of battleships from their emergence through their decline, situating them within broader naval and technological changes.
The book explores how design choices, combat experience, and shifting doctrine shaped battleship roles in different navies.
Farley combines historical narrative with analysis to explain why battleships captured public and military imagination yet became vulnerable to new weapons and platforms.
He also assesses lessons from battleship history for contemporary naval strategy and procurement debates.
Overall, the work provides both a historical account and a critical perspective on the relevance of large surface combatants in modern maritime power.
The book explores how design choices, combat experience, and shifting doctrine shaped battleship roles in different navies.
Farley combines historical narrative with analysis to explain why battleships captured public and military imagination yet became vulnerable to new weapons and platforms.
He also assesses lessons from battleship history for contemporary naval strategy and procurement debates.
Overall, the work provides both a historical account and a critical perspective on the relevance of large surface combatants in modern maritime power.
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Episode 748: The 21st Century Battleship, with Robert Farley
