 U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design HistoryFor more than half a century, the battleship was the primary instrument of sea power and was, therefore, the fundamental strategic weapon of such navies as those of the United States and Great Britain. It excited the kind of high-level interest that today is as sociated with strategic missiles; in 1904 and again in 1908 the president of the United... |  | | | |
