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Dreadnought

By Robert K. Massie

Book information

Publisher
Ballantine Books
Year
1992
ISBN
0345375564, 9780345375568
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5329008 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
1040\0
Time added
2014-04-11 14:49:11

Description

"A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era...Engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters."CHICAGO SUN-TIMESPulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert K. Massie has written a richly textured and gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century's first great arms race. Massie brings to vivid life, such historical figures as the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz, the young, ambitious, Winston Churchill, the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow, and many others. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tratedy in his powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, DREADNOUGHT is history at its most riveting.

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