Название: Sacred Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy
Автор: Robert L. O'Connell
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 409
Размер: 10,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Writing critically about something you have come to regard with affection must provoke mixed emotions. As I learned more and more about the modern battleship's shortcomings, I found myself, like so many before me, falling under its spell. I have traveled hundreds of miles to visit these wonderful ships, reverently preserved like a necklace of talismans around our nation's coasts.