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(More customer reviews)MR.BERNARD IRELAND is indeed a BRITISH NAVAL SCHOLAR of the world.He has
a lifelong interest in naval history and development, having spent more than 30 years in ship research for the Admiralty in ROYAL NAVAL SCIENTIFIC SERVICE. MR. IRELAND is a REAL EXPERT of WARSHIPS.(please
read my other review of AIRCRAFT CARRIERS by MR.BERNARD IRELAND.)
The CRUISERS is an eye-opener for novice like me about HISTORY, DESIGN,
CONTRUCTIONS, SEA-WARFARES, of the world CRUISERS from Pre-WW I, WW I,
WW II and even to certain period of present time.
It is very interesting to cover such a broad scope of the detailed history of the development of cruisers including so many countries'
naval defense. It is not a easy job!! Mr.BERNARD IRELAND did a great
job for such a good reference for general NAVAL ENTHUSIASTS and in
particularly for young men who might be interested to persuit a career in
NAVY, no matter which country, you are born. Love of SEA, JOIN the NAVY
for NATIONAL SECURITY at SEA. No wonder, the ROYAL BRITISH NAVY is so
advance with the help of brilliant scholar like MR. BERNARD IRELAND!!
However, I would like to suggest Mr.BERNARD IRELAND to publish another
update of this great book in future.(Even the present edition is 2008).
The BOOK: CRUISERS will be more interesting if Mr.IRELAND will cover
more NEW CRUISERS of modern days in COUNTRIES such as: CIS(RUSSIA), there is only one to two pages about USSR, and it's outdated. Then JAPAN's
modern day SELF-DEFENSE NAVY's modern day CRUISERS will be interesting,
then PEOPLE's REPUBLIC of CHINA's MODERN DAY CRUISERS in PRESENT PRC's
NAVY, also TAIWAN's(part of CHINA) also has a NAVAL FORCE. And of course
the most important issue was USA NAVY's coverage was not up to date in
this book!! Mr.Bernard Ireland stopped at the CRUISERS of USA in this book at the:
LONG BEACH (CGN.9) and the CALIFORNIA and VIRGINIA classes only!!
The most important USA CRUISERS such as the GUIDED MISSILE "TICONDEROGA" class CRUISERS which are the Aegis cruisers. Also, the GUIDED MISSILE
"ARLEIGH BURKE" class DESTROYERS which are actually a smaller CRUISER, are
missing in this edition.
Of course, there are the IMPROVED VERSIONS of the both classes too. All these details are missing in this edition of MR. IRELAND's BOOK: CRUISERS,
which making the book outdated and incomplete!!
Again I have strong conviction that MR.IRELAND's books are good books as a primer for HIGH SCHOOL students who are interested with
WARSHIPS!! I strongly recommend every library should keep a volume of
Mr.IRELANDS BOOK!! It is very interesting!!
I am looking forward for MR.IRELAND's future update of this book:
THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA of CRUISERS, 2009 or 2010 perhaps??
I shall share with you my reviews for future editions if you don't mind
my humble opinions!! Until then, I remain your friend from HONG KONG,
CHINA!!
Cheerio!!
BEST REGARDS,
STEPHEN M. YUNG,
HONG KONG,CHINA.
TEL:(852) 97541382 Email:steveyung8@gmail.com
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