Sacred Vessels The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy
, by O'Connell, Robert L.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780195080063 | 0195080068
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/29/1993
With provocative insight and wit, this myth-shattering book offers an irreverent history of the modern battleship and its place in American history, from the sinking of the coal-fueled Maine in 1898 to the deployment of the cruise missile-armed Missouri in the Persian Gulf War of 1991. "Breezy, iconoclastic, and readable".--The Observer. Halftone illustrations.