Showing The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare by John Keegan

From inside cover. In The Price of Admiralty, Keegan illuminates the history of naval conflict as it has evolved from Nelson's day until our own , offering brilliant dissection of four landmark sea battles, the Battle of Trafalgar, a conflict of wooden ships of the line; the Battle of Jutland in world War I with its ironclad steamships, the ponderous dreadnoughts; the Battle of Midway in World War II, the last great surface ship battle in which aircraft carriers proved the key players; and the long, arduous Battle of the Atlantic, which saw the submarine emerge as the last major - and ultimately most significant - technological transformation in naval operations. The Price of Admiralty recounts how each new advance in warship technology irrevocably altered the face of naval conflict - the tactics and strategy necessary for offensive and defensive manoeuvres, the role of commanders, and most important, the daily and operational routines of the men aboard.