Battleships of the World

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Summary: Covers the standard facts and figures
Review: Each naval power gets a couple pages of general overview, accompanied by a brief by-class description of the ships. The facts, figures, pocket history and pictures are all standard fare. The line drawings are peculiarly distorted to make the ships look short and plump.

If you want a single book with broad but lightweight coverage of 20th century battleships, this is one of several worth considering. However, Greger's references include Breyer, Raven, Burt, Parkes, Friedman, and the committed naval history buff would do better to turn to these.

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Summary: Interesting Book
Review: From the reviews seen here, one would think that Greger's book is a complete dog; but it's not that bad. One thing that Greger does well is his description of the ships of the minor naval powers such as the Austro-Hungarian and South American navies. It seems as if there is more of an emphasis on German ships, which is refreshing as there is not as much information on the Imperial German navy and Kriegsmarine as there should be. Also interesting are the drawings of the projected Soviet dreadnoughts.

A pretty good effort, definitely on a par with anything written by M. J.Whitley, and in some respects better than Whitley's latest effort on battleships. Don't write this one off completely!

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Summary: Not as Bad a Book as You Think
Review: From the reviews seen here, one would think that Greger's book is a complete dog; but it's not that bad. One thing that Greger does well is his description of the ships of the minor naval powers such as the Austro-Hungarian and South American navies. It seems as if there is more of an emphasis on German ships, which is refreshing as there is not as much information on the Imperial German navy and Kriegsmarine as there should be. Also interesting are the drawings of the projected Soviet dreadnoughts.

A pretty good effort, definitely on a par with anything written by M. J.Whitley, and in some respects better than Whitley's latest effort on battleships. Don't write this one off completely!

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Summary: Interesting Book
Review: I have found this book a good addition to my library. It contains sokme unique photos of minor Navy Battleships and an interesting commentary on German battleships; the book is translated from the German and brings a Non British/American slant to the topic. In addition, it shows pre-WWI in both their original form and then as modified in WWII which is rarely available from other sources which tend to describe but not illustrate the changes.

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Summary: Awful
Review: I ordered this book sight unseen and paid the price. I was disappointed because the book offers very little in the way of new information other than repackaging: you can view all WW1 battleships in one place, then move to WW2 section and find all the ships that fought in that conflict; thus ship classes will appear in more than one place. But the line drawings were very disappointing and shaded in to boot. I could not recommend this book unless you are a relative newcomer to the field. All the World's Battleships Ed. by Ian Sturton of Conway Classics is much better value for the money.

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Summary: Awful
Review: I purchased this book a few months ago at full retail price. I could of overlooked it's lack of information if at least the quality of the photographs were good, but they were abysmal.