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Summary: A fascinating journey through time on a particular theme.
Review: James P. Delgado's list of credits is impressive by any standards; Former Head of the US Maritime Preservation Programme and former Official Historian for the US National Parks Service, today, he is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum and Official Archaeologist for the National Geographic and History television channels. His expeditions have included such world-famous shipwrecks as the Titanic, USS Arizona, Carpathia and those found at Bikini Atoll. With such a high reputation in the field of marine archaeology, you just know the information contained within this book is something on which you can rely - but there is much more to this book than just a collection of facts. "Lost Warships" is accurately described by the Publisher as an "Archaeological Tour of War at Sea" but Mr Delgado has turned that tour into the most fascinating journey through time on that theme. Better still, this is also a very readable book with something for everyone. Measuring 11¼in x 9¼in, Lost Warships is hardback containing 190 pages of solid information. There are illustrations on almost every page in the form of historic photographs, paintings, line drawings and even brass rubbings. With each of these being carefully selected, they combine to depict the wide variety of subject matter necessary to support the various elements of the overall "story" which this book tells so well. Neatly laid out, this book is an anthology of War at Sea as, chapter by chapter, we move steadily forward from ancient times to the nuclear age. Part of the caption to the last photograph in the book reads; "Today, the silent guns resting beneath the waves, are a reminder that the sea is our greatest museum of human sacrifice, bravery and folly." Says it all really! NM
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