num_pages: 400
description: Military historian John Keegan’s gripping history of naval warfare’s evolution.In  The Price of Admirality , leading military historian John Keegan illuminates the history of naval combat by expertly dissecting four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the long and arduous Battle of the Atlantic.“The best military historian of our generation.”—Tom Clancy “ The Price of Admirality stands alongside Mr. Keegan’s earlier works in its power to impart both the big and little pictures of war.”—The New York Times
language: English
title: The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway
titlecomplete: The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway
genres: 19th Century, Military History, Naval History, History, World War II, European History, Academic, War, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 981
publisher: Penguin Books