Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis

by Daniel Todd and Michael Lindberg

The central theme running through this book is the mutual dependence of navies and shipbuilding industries. Historically, naval ambitions and the ambitions of industrialists converge, and a symbiosis is born. The technical competence of industry emerges as a key player in determining the effectiveness of navies. That industrial capability, for its part, rests increasingly on the navy as chief customer because progressive specialization renders it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275953106
• ISBN13: 9780275953102
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"