War at Sea, James P. Delgado
War at Sea, James P. Delgado
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War at Sea
A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

Author: James P. Delgado

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 15 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/21/2020


Synopsis

Underwater exploration is increasingly discovering long-lost warships from the deepest parts of the ocean, revealing a vast undersea museum that speaks to battles won and lost, service, sacrifice, and the human costs of warfare.

War at Sea is a dramatic global tour of this remote museum and other formerly lost traces of humanity's naval heritage. It is also an account by the world's leading naval archaeologist of how underwater exploration has discovered these remains, thus resolving mysteries, adding to our understanding of the past, and providing intimate details of the experience of naval warfare.

James Delgado, who has personally explored, dived, and studied a number of the wrecks and sites in the book, provides insights as an explorer, archaeologist, and storyteller. The result is a unique and compelling history of naval warfare. From fallen triremes and galleons to dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers, and nuclear submarines, this book vividly brings thousands of years of naval warfare to life.

About James P. Delgado

James P. Delgado is senior vice president of SEARCH, Inc., the leading cultural resources firm in the United States. Before that, he was director of Maritime Heritage for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and president and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA). He was also host of the National Geographic international television series The Sea Hunters, featuring bestselling author Clive Cussler. Author of more than twenty books, including War at Sea, more than a hundred scholarly and popular magazine articles, and a regular guest in documentary films, he is senior consultant and regularly appears in National Geographic's international television series Drain the Oceans. For decades he has led diving and excavation teams, most recently at the site of the wreck of the Clotilda, the last ship known to have brought slaves to the United States.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Neil

The author is an expert in his field but he has bitten off more than he can chew in attempting to provide 5,000 years of maritime archeology in 400 pages. It is a useful introduction but he spreads himself very thin indeed. There is barely enough space to note that a wreck is "important" but nowhere......more

Goodreads review by Pat

Extraordinary immersion (pun intended) on major events of our human history seen from the remains of war ships on the ocean/sea/lake floor. I loved it, and one reason was I could pick it up, read the story surrounding one particular war, put it down then repeat until I reluctantly came to the final......more