Like other books in Norman Friedman's design-history series, this one pays attention to all designs, even those that never left the drawing board, since every p
Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita
Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the
The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies wo
This title follows on from a companion book covering the US heavy cruisers that were built prior to the war, together forming the definitive guide to the US's h