Title: Battle line
Description: "This book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy's evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, battleships, and submarines. Both the older battleships and these newer ships are captured in period photographs that have never before been published. An authoritative yet lively text explains how and why the newer ships and aircraft came to be."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, United States, United States. Navy, History of specific subjects, Naval forces & warfare, Inter-war period, 1918-1939, Military - Naval, History - Military / War, United States., Military, USA, Military - United States, Military - General, Military - World War II, 20th century, Navy, United states, navy, history, Navies, Naval History
Time periods: 20th century