Description: South American Battleships 1908-59Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race (NVG 264) Mark Lardas (Author), Johnny Shumate, & Julian Baker (Illustrator) In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available--the dreadnought battleship. One Brazilian dreadnought by itself could defeat the combined gunnery of every other warship of all the other South American nations. Brazil's decision triggered its neighbor Argentina to order its own brace of dreadnoughts, which in turn forced Chile (which had fought boundary disputes with Argentina) to order some. 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. Series: New Vanguard (Book 264)Paperback: 48 pagesPublisher: Osprey Publishing (December 18, 2018)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1472825101ISBN-13: 9781472825100
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Subject: Military & War
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Book Title: South American Battleships 1908-59 : Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's Great Dreadnought Race
Item Length: 9.8in
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Item Width: 7in
Author: Mark Lardas
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / Naval, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, WORLD / Caribbean & Latin American, Latin America / South America
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Transportation, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 5.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
