Free PDF River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Branfill-Cook

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Free PDF River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Branfill-Cook

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River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Branfill-Cook

Free PDF River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Branfill-Cook

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"This is a book that would grace both the coffee table and the reference shelf.... Recommended." --Thomo's Hole"This detailed study lists the specifications and history of gunboats around the world. The entries include ships from centuries past up to the present day. There are hundreds of illustrations and line drawings and two appendices covering pain schemes and the gunboat in popular crime." Military Heritage

Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende

ROGER BRANFILL-COOK is a qualified battlefield guide, a professional translator from French, and a writer on military subjects. His most recent book wasTorpedo: The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon.

Produktinformation

Gebundene Ausgabe: 320 Seiten

Verlag: U S NAVAL INST PR; Auflage: Illustrated (1. September 2018)

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN-10: 1591146143

ISBN-13: 978-1591146148

Größe und/oder Gewicht:

20,2 x 2,5 x 28,6 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:

5.0 von 5 Sternen

2 Kundenrezensionen

Amazon Bestseller-Rang:

Nr. 285.944 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)

Hier in diesem Buch geht es um die kaum beachtete Klasse der Flusskanonenboote, die aber Militärgeschichtlich eine große Rolle gespielt haben, sei es auf dem Missisippi oder dem Nil oder Yangtze um nur einige Flüsse zu nennen. Zu den Flüssen erfährt man Nichts, aber das ist nicht schlimm. Wie der Autor schreibt wird man da im Internet hinreichend fündig, was ich bestätigen kann, aber und auch da kann ich dem Autor zustimmen im Internet erfährt man kein vollständiges Bild über die Flusskanonenboote. Hier hat der Autor sich viel Mühe gemacht mit der Recherche um das Thema erschöpfend darzustellen. Ich denke es ist ihm gut gelungen. Die Skizzen und Fotographien reichen von grottig bis gut und sind abhängig von der jeweiligen Quelle und die Quellenlage ist eben oft nicht gut, der Autor hat das Bestmögliche daraus gemacht.MFG an die LeserschaftJTK

nicht nur für Modellbauer sehr informativ.

Seaforth has been on a roll the last few years, pumping out one high-quality naval reference book after another, each one packed with rare insights and excellent photography. This one was originally scheduled for a mid-2016 release but kept on getting pushed back until now. While it definitely has some high points, it's a rare disappointment from the publisher, and I'm left wondering exactly why it was delayed so long.First, the good stuff. It has a tremendous amount of depth and scope, going all the way back to the earliest steam gunboats to modern day riverine craft. It's very much a naval reference in the style of the Conway/NIP books of the late 70s and 80s. Very lean, efficient, no BS. With some polishing, this would have made an excellent companion to Conway's ";All the World's Fighting Ships" quartet. Flipping through it quickly, I've come across entries on the Finnish Lake Ladoga gunboat 'Aallokas,' the German "Siebelfahres," the converted Paraguayan yacht 'Adolfo Riquelma,' and the Soviet armored river gunboats that fought at Stalingrad. Most of the craft receive a specifications table, a brief history, and one or two photographs or diagrams. Many of the most famous riverine battles and campaigns are described in detail, as are the careers of the more famous gunboats.Although I can see this book being an excellent jumping off point for further research, it's too flawed to be a truly classic reference. While the historical elements are excellent, there's almost nothing on the design, development, machinery, or weapons of any of the craft depicted. Some boats are so sketchily detailed I'm not sure why they were even included. Considering Seaforth's usually high standards, the visual presentation is a mess. The photographs tend to be extremely small and of poor quality with blown-out contrast and compression artifacts, and the diagrams are frequently tiny and useful only for getting a basic idea of a boat's general arrangement. Although I'm not the type who demands pretty color images of gray and white boats, the lack of color photographs outside the two appendixes is a disappointment. Quite a few of the photos and diagrams are credited to internet forums or have links to Pinterest pins that probably won't exist in two or three years from now. What good will they do a researcher in 20 years?As much as I'd love to give this a higher rating, it's too sloppy to truly recommend. Although it presents a truly fascinating collection of obscure craft, the lack of care in presentation and the lack of technical details make this one for hardcore gunboat fans only. How ironic that a book on river gunboats would be a mile wide, but only an inch deep!

This book covers all of the various gunboats in all the navies. It is an excellent reference work and one that I will refer to many times in the future when I am looking for information. I highly recommend this book.

Think “Conway’s” but for River Gunboats. Only scanned a few entries so far, but looks excellent.

Beautifully illustrated, a thorough, detailed, comprehensive history of river gunboats. A must for naval history libraries. An excellent addition to any collection of Jane's, Conway's, and Combat Fleets.

This book costs a bit and takes up a lot of space, and you probably already have some book on gunboats. You certainly have access to wikipedia, so before we plunk down our money it seems worthwhile to ask a few questions:Is the definition of gunboats broad enough to include all the riverine combatants in the American Civil War? Modern river gunboats? Does it have an index? A filmography? Are the pictures of camouflage schemes in Appendix 2 in color? Does it have a section on postage stamps from around the world that feature gunboats? Is this book an unwieldy size? Will this book lie flat while I study it? Are there pictures on every page?The answers are yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and almost every page.But it’s not all “yeses”. There are some “noes”, too.Are there any maps? Are all the pictures in color? Are there lots of descriptions of combat?Maybe it would be more helpful to just describe it.This is a 11” wide, 12” tall book of 336 pages. It’s organized by nation, from the tiny and ephemeral Acre to Russia and the CSA. There’s an introduction for each nation, since each country’s operation of gunboats is different and requires different organization, then all the gunboats are described, organized by region of operation (when necessary) and chronology. There are pictures or plans for most vessels, along with the data block with the vital statistics. Some combat descriptions are interspersed, but they are far from comprehensive. Similarly, specifics on the design and power train are frequently but not always present.There are a lot of pictures, more pictures than I would have guessed you could find. Definitely some I feel I should have seen but definitely have not. There are photos, original plans, period drawings and other art, and modern drawings. There are not only images of the vessels, but of the equipment and weapons. Many of the photos have interesting things in the background, too. There are also some photos of sunk, abandoned, and wrecked boats, kinda neat.The bibliography is extensive, but not annotated. It includes a bunch of websites. The index seems complete, including not just vessel names and individual people but also topics that are addressed in the various entries such as technologies, battles, and manufacturers.Do you need this book? You can get plenty of info from wikipedia for the important vessels, and if you’re interested in gunboats you probably have a few books, so what are the selling points here? Comprehensiveness is one, everything is here, even if only lightly touched on. Second, it is a beautiful book; if gunboats are in your wheelhouse you will be pleased to own this book. Thirdly, there are plenty of books about gunboats in Africa and China, but there has been a lot of shooting on the river systems of South America, Eastern Europe, and Russia. I haven’t seen many books on these, but they are covered here in full. The Russia section is early 10% of the book. Finally, this book includes everything there is to know about the Swiss navy. Seriously. Two pages, the same as Serbia or Burma/Myanmar.The one glaring fault, from the war gamer’s point of view at least, there is very little info on armor. Almost none. There is a “Guns/Armor” section in every data block, but while the guns are always described armor is rarely mentioned. Occasionally you see “armored bridge” or “bullet proof plating”, and you could infer from the description how the ship was constructed, but none of us are going to be satisfied with the armor info.Another, smalerl disappointment is the modeling section. That’s not necessarily expected, but in the introduction the author says he was “obliged to delete” an appendix on researching and building model gunboats. Not to worry, that info will be on his website. Except that it’s not. In fact, as of November 2018 this book is mentioned on his website only as a work in progress. But it just came out, I trust that in time the work he did on modeling will be available to us, and I look forward to it!Beyond all this the book has been prepared carefully. The “Notes on Plans and Specifications” section, explaining in the Introduction how the author handled certain problems with the sources, and other clues tell me that the author was careful, and took the time where it was worthwhile to tell us how he was careful.I am happy to have this and expect it to be enjoyable, useful, and inspires some modeling and gaming.

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