Initially commissioned as reconnaissance vessels, cruisers are now the most versatile warships in the world's advanced navies. As guardians of trade routes and embodiments of the power of their countries, they serve economic and diplomatic functions well beyond the theater of battle.
Eric W. Osborne, PhD, is professor of modern European history at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, specializing in European diplomatic, military, and naval history. His published works include ABC-CLIO's Destroyers.
"The volume's most positive attributes are its compactness and combination of historical narrative profile ... Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates. For circulating and reference collections." - Choice
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