Tiornu
09-06-2011, 21:50
Don B suggested I come here and post about my new title, Thunder in Its Courses: Essays on the Battlecruiser. It's available now through Kindle and Nook, and the hard copies should be in print next week. The subtitle pretty much explains it. Here's the publicity blurb:
Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.
Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser’s origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships. Thunder in Its Courses clears away the misconceptions, with essays establishing the basic facts of the capital-ship cruiser as well as thorny issues regarding individual designs.
Richard Worth writes for the Warship and Warship International journals. His book titles include In the Shadow of the Battleship, Raising the Red Banner (with Vladimir Yakubov), On Seas Contested (edited with Vincent P. O’Hara and W. David Dickson), and Fleets of World War II.
The first essay places the battlecruiser in its historical context and pins down the terminology that grew up around it and eventually came to make things more confused. I also address several more specific issues, including the Kongo design process which we discussed on the Japanese ship board. It's intended to be informative and enjoyable reading, so you may want to give it a look.
Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.
Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser’s origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships. Thunder in Its Courses clears away the misconceptions, with essays establishing the basic facts of the capital-ship cruiser as well as thorny issues regarding individual designs.
Richard Worth writes for the Warship and Warship International journals. His book titles include In the Shadow of the Battleship, Raising the Red Banner (with Vladimir Yakubov), On Seas Contested (edited with Vincent P. O’Hara and W. David Dickson), and Fleets of World War II.
The first essay places the battlecruiser in its historical context and pins down the terminology that grew up around it and eventually came to make things more confused. I also address several more specific issues, including the Kongo design process which we discussed on the Japanese ship board. It's intended to be informative and enjoyable reading, so you may want to give it a look.