South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
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In the process, the South American dreadnought mania drove the three participants nearly into insolvency, led to the bankruptcy of a major shipyard, and triggered a chain of events which led Turkey to declare war on Great Britain. It also produced several groundbreaking dreadnought designs and one of the world's first aircraft carriers.
Mark Lardas
Mark Lardas has always been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, he then studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program, where he worked for the next 30 years as a navigation engineer. Currently he develops commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written numerous books on military, naval or maritime history.
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Reviews for South American Battleships 1908–59
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent addition to the New Vanguard line. Good concise review of a little known corner of Dreadnought history. Good narrative, drawings and artwork for all the ships. I like that it also covers the Rio de Janeiro (Agincourt) and the never built Riachuelo (very similar to the Queen Elizabeth class) and the Eagle as a carrier. Would give five ***** but there were a couple of material unforced errors. One where the book states the British Orion class had 14" main guns (they were 13.5") and the other stating that the USS North Carolina was a pre-dreadnought battleship when it was a Tennessee class armored cruiser (in 1910 - not to be confused with the later battleship in the 30s).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I liked this book a good deal; it sheds light on a somewhat neglected corner of history; the development of some of the few battleships that existed outside of the major naval powers. It is highlighted, to a certain extent, how pointless this arms race was. Almost pure hubris. Well worth reading, and recommended.