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""An excellent selection of images is included, some of which are new to the reviewer. What Happened to the Battleship breaks new ground in fleshing out the story of the last decades of the service of the battleship, demonstrating that the story was far more complex and nuanced than is often implied, and is highly recommended."" --Warship ""As one might expect, the book gives the greatest coverage to the largest battleship navies, those of the USA and UK, but France and Italy together with Turkey and the South American navies are also covered in detail . . . Overall this is a fascinating book that sheds a fresh perspective on the declining years of the battleship. I learnt a lot from it, thoroughly enjoyed reading it from cover to cover and recommend it highly."" --Australian Naval Institute

As one might expect, the book gives the greatest coverage to the largest battleship navies, those of the USA and UK, but France and Italy together with Turkey and the South American navies are also covered in detail . . . Overall this is a fascinating book that sheds a fresh perspective on the declining years of the battleship. I learnt a lot from it, thoroughly enjoyed reading it from cover to cover and recommend it highly. -- Australian Naval Institute

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Chris Baker read Modern History at Oxford University, where he specialized in military history. He spent thirty-seven years as a civil servant in the UK Ministry of Defense, dealing with defense policy, program, and resource issues. Battleships have been a lifelong interest, and his study of them has come to fruition in this, his first book. 

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