A History of Fighting Ships (2e-hands)
Here is a history of the fighting ship from its early origins in the Nile craft of 3000 BC to the modern American aircraft carrier - a vast vessel of almost unlimited endurance carrying supersonic bombers and fighters, protected with every conceivable form of anti-aircraft, -missile, -submarine device and secure against nuclear fall-out.
The author emphasizes that the fighting ship has always been not merely a weapon of war but a beautiful and intensely personal creation, possessing (apart from a few notable exceptions) a supreme combination of functional and decorative qualities. In this book the importance and beauty of these ships are admirably described and illustrated.