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This volume chronicles the traditional capital ship's challenge to the development of artillery at sea, its political check with the inter-war naval treaties, and its defeat at the hands of air power in the battles of the WWII.Robert Gardiner is the author of 'Eclipse of the Big Gun: The Warship 1906-45 (Conway's History of the Ship)' with ISBN 9780785814146 and ISBN 0785814140.
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