Dreadnought : Britain, Germany, And The Coming Of The Great War - Massie Robert K - 1992

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1007 pages. Small tear along bottom of spine, front cover.. Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are heavily bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. Pages are reasonably tanned. A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth centurys first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographers rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von B?low; Britains greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN: 0224032607. ISBN/EAN: 9780224032605. Inventory No: 20050185. By: Massie Robert K Year: 1992 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: