South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race

Author:   Mark Lardas ,  J B Illustrations ,  Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   264
ISBN:  

9781472825100


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   27 December 2018
Format:   Paperback
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South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race


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In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available – the dreadnought battleship. One Brazilian dreadnought by itself could defeat the combined gunnery of every other warship of all the other South American nations. Brazil’s decision triggered its neighbour Argentina to order its own brace of dreadnoughts, which in turn forced Chile (which had fought boundary disputes with Argentina) to order some. In the process, the South American dreadnought mania drove the three participants nearly into insolvency, led to the bankruptcy of a major shipyard, and triggered a chain of events which led Turkey to declare war on Great Britain. It also produced several groundbreaking dreadnought designs and one of the world’s first aircraft carriers.

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Author:   Mark Lardas ,  J B Illustrations ,  Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   264
Weight:   0.166kg
ISBN:  

9781472825100


ISBN 10:   1472825101
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   27 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction /The South American Dreadnought Race /The Dreadnoughts /Operational History /Index

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Get the story. Grab this informative and entertaining little book. - Cybermodeler Online [An] interesting book ... it should be sought by modelers and students of dreadnoughts and capital ships ... happily recommended it. - Model Ship Wright


Get the story. Grab this informative and entertaining little book. - Cybermodeler Online


Get the story. Grab this informative and entertaining little book. - Cybermodeler Online [An] interesting book ... it should be sought by modelers and students of dreadnoughts and capital ships ... happily recommended it. - Model Ship Wright


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Mark Lardas holds a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but spent his early career at the Johnson Space Center doing Space Shuttle structural analysis, and space navigation. An amateur historian and a long-time ship modeller, Mark Lardas is currently working in League City, Texas. He has written extensively about modelling as well as naval, maritime, and military history.

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