A serious study of the reasons why some warships have achieved bad reputations. It covers the period from 1860 to the present day, and looks at a wide range of nationalities and ship-types. Some examples are the Russian Popoffkas; the French battleship 'Brennus'; and the British vessel 'Captain'.

The World's Worst Warships: The Failures and Repercussions of Naval Design and Construction, 1860 to the present day

PRESTON, ANTONY

Paloczi-Horvath, George

Conway Maritime Press Ltd.

George Paloczi-Horvath was born in 1908 into the feudal nobility of Hungary. Despite his privileged background, he came to realize that his family's wealth was based on the exploitation of a brutalized peasantry. By the 1930s he was an active anti-Nazi; by 1941 he was forced to flee the country. Returning after the war, he became a dedicated communist; but this didn't prevent him from being arrested, tortured and imprisoned by the communist regime. He spent 1,832 days in prison, many of them in the solitary confinement of underground prison cells. In 1954 he was eventually released; but after the Hungarian Revolution he was forced to escape with his wife and baby for sanctuary in Britain. A new afterword by his widow, Agi Argent, describes how they survived.

The Undefeated

Travel

Eland & Sickle Moon Books

This history of world-wide coastal defense since 1860 concentrates on classic gun-armed coast defense ships of the type that had its roots in the Civil War Monitor , and whose production ceased shortly before the second World War. The author also describes more recent forms of coastal defense, such as the missile boat and new high-tech forms of fixed defenses. He provides specifications and b&amp;w photos and line drawings of the vessels he discusses. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

From Monitor to Missile Boat: Coast Defence Ships and Coastal Defence Since 1860

History

Americas

Naval Inst Pr

George Paloczi-Horvath was born in 1908 into the feudal nobility of Hungary. Despite his privileged background, he came to realize that his family's wealth was based on the exploitation of a brutalized peasantry. By the 1930s he was an active anti-Nazi; by 1941 he was forced to flee the country. Returning after the war, he became a dedicated communist; but this didn't prevent him from being arrested, tortured and imprisoned by the communist regime. He spent 1,832 days in prison, many of them in the solitary confinement of underground prison cells. In 1954 he was eventually released; but after the Hungarian Revolution he was forced to escape with his wife and baby for sanctuary in Britain. A new afterword by his widow, Agi Argent, describes how they survived.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Eland Publishing

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