Navies in the Nuclear Age: Warships Since 1945 (Conway's History of the Ship)

About this book

By 1945 the threat to warships from above and below the waters surface had come to dominate naval strategic and tactical planning. Although many of the traditional ship designation like cruisers destroyers and frigate continue to be used they no longer imply a specific role. This volume - the seventh in an ambitious series - therefore emphasizes such broader themes as anti-submarine warfare or electronics which involve many ship types.