NAVAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND GUNNERY
Written by Norman Friedman
Published by Seaforth Publishing
in 2013
ISBN: 9781848321779
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- MARITIME
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
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NAVAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND GUNNERY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329891
1st.
2013.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Chronicling the growing aerial threat from its inception in the First World War and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of the Second, highlighting in particular the widely underestimated danger from dive-bombing. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 399 pages. ISBN: 9781848321779. Spine very slightly shelf bumped. Slight creasing to top of spine wrapper.
Front cover
Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 An Evolving Threat
- Chapter 2 Making Anti-Aircraft Fire Effective
- Chapter 3 Beginnings
- Chapter 4 The Inter-War Royal Navy
- Chapter 5 The Inter-War US Navy
- Chapter 6 The Inter-War Imperial Japanese Navy
- Chapter 7 Other European Navies Between the Wars
- Chapter 8 The Royal Navy at War
- Chapter 9 The US Navy at War
- Chapter 10 Axis Navies at War
- Chapter 11 Post-War Developments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendix: Gun Data
- Index