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    South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
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    South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race

    By Mark Lardas, J B Illustrations and Johnny Shumate

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    In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available – the dreadnought battleship. One Brazilian dreadnought by itself could defeat the combined gunnery of every other warship of all the other South American nations. Brazil's decision triggered its neighbour Argentina to order its own brace of dreadnoughts, which in turn forced Chile (which had fought boundary disputes with Argentina) to order some.

    In the process, the South American dreadnought mania drove the three participants nearly into insolvency, led to the bankruptcy of a major shipyard, and triggered a chain of events which led Turkey to declare war on Great Britain. It also produced several groundbreaking dreadnought designs and one of the world's first aircraft carriers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateDec 27, 2018
    ISBN9781472825117
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    South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
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    Mark Lardas

    Mark Lardas has always been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, he then studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program, where he worked for the next 30 years as a navigation engineer. Currently he develops commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written numerous books on military, naval or maritime history.

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    • 5/5
      An excellent addition to the New Vanguard line. Good concise review of a little known corner of Dreadnought history. Good narrative, drawings and artwork for all the ships. I like that it also covers the Rio de Janeiro (Agincourt) and the never built Riachuelo (very similar to the Queen Elizabeth class) and the Eagle as a carrier. Would give five ***** but there were a couple of material unforced errors. One where the book states the British Orion class had 14" main guns (they were 13.5") and the other stating that the USS North Carolina was a pre-dreadnought battleship when it was a Tennessee class armored cruiser (in 1910 - not to be confused with the later battleship in the 30s).
    • 5/5
      I liked this book a good deal; it sheds light on a somewhat neglected corner of history; the development of some of the few battleships that existed outside of the major naval powers. It is highlighted, to a certain extent, how pointless this arms race was. Almost pure hubris. Well worth reading, and recommended.