Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

by Thomas C. Hone and Trent Hone

Book Overview

A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy's evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II, including fast aircraft carriers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591143780
• ISBN13: 9781591143789
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"