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Richard Hough

    Tento britský autor a historik se specializoval na námořní historii a zkoumal světové námořní síly. Jeho válečné romány a životopisy se celosvětově prodávaly ve velkém nákladu a zkoumaly témata jako Churchillovy námořní bitvy. Využíval svou odbornost jako oficiální historik rodiny Mountbattenových k podrobnému zkoumání vojenských konfliktů.

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    Dreadnought
    Edward & Alexandra
    • Edward & Alexandra

      Their Private and Public Lives

      A brilliant dual biography of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. British historian Hough goes beyond their complex personal lives to examine their historical importance as a bridge between the Victorian and the Modern Ages, particularly Edward's role in positioning Britain on the side of the Allies on the eve of WWI. Illus. Family trees.

      Edward & Alexandra1993
    • Dreadnought

      A History Of The Modern Battleship

      • 268 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení

      H.M.S. Dreadnought was the wonder of the Edwardian Age: mighty, magnificent, overwhelmingly powerful in her size, her speed, her ten 12-inch guns, and her protection of armor. She was the model of imperialism, the status symbol supreme, the ultimate deterrent of the era before the bomber. Not only was the launching of H.M.S. Dreadnought the most important naval event in the period before World War I, but her construction aroused international controversy and drew into the naval race not only Germany and England but the United States, Italy, France, and Japan as well.

      Dreadnought1979