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Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

by Robert K. Massie

Ballantine. 2004. 880p. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780345408785. $20.

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Views the war from the perspectives of naval technology and organization, showing the contrasting strategic and cultural views of Britain and Germany and the dire results. (LJ 10/1/03)

Reviewed by Edwin B. Burgess, Margaret Heilbrun , Nov 01, 2013

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