The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

John Keegan

Viking, 1988 - Fiction - 292 pages

The author illuminates naval history, offering a brilliant dissection of four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the Battle of the Atlantic.

Contents

• Battle at: 1
• Trafalgar: 7
• 12: 53

About the author

Military historian John Keegan was born in Clapham, England on May 15, 1934. After spending two years at Wimbledon College he began studying at Balliol College, Oxford in 1953. Following his graduation Keegan was employed for three years at London's American Embassy. Keegan lectured in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for 36 years beginning in 1960. During this time he additionally held visiting professorships at Princeton University and Vassar College. In 1997 Keegan began working for the Daily Telegraph as a Defence Correspondent and then Defence Editor. He also contributes to the American website National Review Online. Keegan has written numerous bestselling works of military history, the majority of which focus on warfare from the 14th to the 21st centuries. Among the topics treated are individual battles, strategy, the experience of the common soldier, and technological change in combat. Keegan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and he has also been knighted.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare; Donald F. Koch American Philosophy Collection
• Author: John Keegan
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Viking, 1988
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Dec 4, 2007
• ISBN: 0670814164, 9780670814169
• Length: 292 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; History / Military / Naval; Technology & Engineering / Military Science