Book Review of Treaty Cruisers
The First International Warship Building Competition
Author: Leo Marriott
Pen & Sword Maritime Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9781526748508
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526748508
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930's effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in WWII. In particular they laid down design perimeters and tonnage limitations for each class of warship including battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers.
With one or two exceptions, battleship construction was deferred until the mid 1930's, but virtually all navies embraced the concept of the 8 in. gun armed 10,000 ton navy cruisers and laid down new vessels immediately.
This book will trace the political processes which led to the treaties,
describe the heavy cruisers designed and built to the same rules by each nation and then consider how the various classes fared in WWII and will attempt to assess which was the most successful. Ships from the navies of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the USA and Japan are included.
Appendices cover construction tables, histories of each ship, technical specifications, armament and aircraft carried
The author, Leo Marriott, is a retired air traffic controller who has had more than thirty books published on his specialist subjects: naval warfare and aviation. He is an experienced pilot and accomplished aerial photographer.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword is based in England.
The book is soft-bound of 176 pages in 6" x 8" page format.
It contains 73 black and white photos and 12 line drawing profiles. There are 3 black and white photos of aircraft.
The book has 4 appendices.
The cover art shows black and white photos of 2 cruisers: the HMS Canberra over the HMS London.
The back cover has a black and white photo of the Italian cruiser Zara.
The back cover says "Colour profiles of all ships included will interest model makers." However, there are NO color profiles in this book.
I want to thank Casemate Publishers, who sent me this sample book and Pen & Sword.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of Pen & Sword books and all of their titles can be viewed on Casemate's site at:
With one or two exceptions, battleship construction was deferred until the mid 1930's, but virtually all navies embraced the concept of the 8 in. gun armed 10,000 ton navy cruisers and laid down new vessels immediately.
This book will trace the political processes which led to the treaties,
describe the heavy cruisers designed and built to the same rules by each nation and then consider how the various classes fared in WWII and will attempt to assess which was the most successful. Ships from the navies of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the USA and Japan are included.
Appendices cover construction tables, histories of each ship, technical specifications, armament and aircraft carried
The author, Leo Marriott, is a retired air traffic controller who has had more than thirty books published on his specialist subjects: naval warfare and aviation. He is an experienced pilot and accomplished aerial photographer.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword is based in England.
The book is soft-bound of 176 pages in 6" x 8" page format.
It contains 73 black and white photos and 12 line drawing profiles. There are 3 black and white photos of aircraft.
The book has 4 appendices.
The cover art shows black and white photos of 2 cruisers: the HMS Canberra over the HMS London.
The back cover has a black and white photo of the Italian cruiser Zara.
The back cover says "Colour profiles of all ships included will interest model makers." However, there are NO color profiles in this book.
I want to thank Casemate Publishers, who sent me this sample book and Pen & Sword.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of Pen & Sword books and all of their titles can be viewed on Casemate's site at: