Description: Further DetailsTitle: US Navy Cold War Guided Missile CruisersCondition: NewEAN: 9781472835260ISBN: 9781472835260Publisher: Osprey PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/20/2020Item Height: 248mmItem Length: 184mmItem Weight: 172gAuthor: Mark StilleIllustrator: Adam ToobyContributor: Adam Tooby (Illustrated by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1472835263Description: Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN’s largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN’s 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBBook Series: New VanguardGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
Title: US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
EAN: 9781472835260
ISBN: 9781472835260
Release Date: 02/20/2020
Release Year: 2020
Contributor: Adam Tooby (Illustrated by)
ISBN-10: 1472835263
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: New Vanguard
Book Title: Us Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Topic: Military / Naval, Military / United States
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Tooby, Adam, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 6 Oz
Author: Mark Stille
Item Length: 9.7 in
Book Series: New Vanguard Ser.
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
