Description: Uncertain Allies : General Joseph Stilwell and the China-burma-india Theater, Hardcover by Setzekorn, Eric, ISBN 1682472035, ISBN-13 9781682472033, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not book takes a selection of the best models to both describe and demonstrate the development of warship construction in all its complexity from the beginning of the 18th century to the end of wooden shipbuilding. For this purpose it reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full color, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, which can be shown far more clearly than described. Although pictorial in emphasis, th weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history.
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Book Title: Uncertain Allies : General Joseph Stilwell and the China-burma-in
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Uncertain Allies : General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India Theater
Language: English
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Military / Strategy, Asia / China, World
Type: Textbook
Author: Eric Setzekorn
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
