A definitive chronological history of aircraft carriers, and the airborne vehicles that launch from them, beautifully illustrated in over 1100 archive photographss...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:224
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780754823278
A definitive chronological history of aircraft carriers, and the airborne vehicles that launch from them, beautifully illustrated in over 1100 archive photographss...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:512
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9781844763634
This authoritative book is a lavishly illustrated country-by-country directory of more than 170 of the world's aviation ships spanning a period of almost 100 years. From the Royal Navy's Ark Royal (I) through the Brazilian Minas Gerais and the United States' Improved Nimitz class and beyond...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780754815990
This unique and impressive encyclopedia is both a fascinating history of the aircraft carrier's development and a comprehensive country-by-country visual directory of more than 170 of the world's aviation ships over nearly a century. Each directory entry is accompanied by a specification panel detailing country of origin...more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9781844150014
The authoritative naval historian Bernard Ireland takes a fresh and fascinating look at the long and bitter struggle waged by the Allies against the Nazi U-boat threat. After sifting through the evidence...more details Format:Hardback
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9781591140320
Noted naval historian Bernard Ireland takes a fresh look at the long and bitter struggle waged by the Allies against Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:232
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780297846123
The British-led attempt to overthrow the French revolution is a cautionary tale for all attempts at 'regime change'. In the summer of 1793 the surviving French Royalists surrendered the great naval base at Toulon to the British...more details Format:Hardback Pages:320
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780304367269
Bernard Ireland's popular and accessible account of the fall of Toulon brings to life a savage episode in European history. In the summer of 1793...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:319
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780754818670
This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses exclusively on destroyers and frigates. It charts the development of the destroyer from its origin in the fragile torpedo boat through to the classic torpedo-armed fleet destroyer. Three major country-by-country sections then deal with...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:256
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Bernard Ireland
ISBN:9780304353408
In 1914, international naval power was measured in dreadnought battleships. They were the index of national power, every nation with pretensions to world power joined the 'battleship race'. Within a generation the mighty battleships were rendered redundant. Submarines and aircraft now dominated the seas. Amphibious warfare became crucial...more details Format:Hardback Pages:224
An acknowledged expert on World War II naval matters and the author of twenty-five books, Bernard Ireland examines the thousand-day battle between Allied and Axis forces for domination of the North African shores. His book offers graphic accounts of the stirring action as each side...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:224
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Bernard Ireland;Howard Gerrard
ISBN:9781841769783
Leyte Gulf was a key victory for the United States: its scale dwarfed previous sea conflicts and its result created an opportunity for the US forces to invade the Philippines. Four different battles - Leyte...more details Format:Paperback Pages:96
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Georgi Dimitrov;Ivo Ireland BernardBanac
ISBN:9780300097948
Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949) was a high-ranking Bulgarian and Soviet official, one of the most prominent leaders of the international Communist movement and a trusted member of Stalin's inner circle. Accused by the Nazis of setting the Reichstag fire in 1933...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:560