Sea Warfare: From World War I to Today's Supercarriers
- ISBN-10
- 1741820227
- ISBN-13
- 9781741820225
- Category
- Naval art and science
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Author
- Robert Jackson
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