COWIE, CAPTAIN J.S.; BURNETT, ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT [FOREWORD] - Mines, Minelayers and Minelaying

London: Oxford University Press (Canada), 1951. Third Printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 216, [4] pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Many detailed drawings. Four pages of two-coloured maps. Reprint of the 1949 first edition. "A book of value to the student of strategy, for the mine is a potent strategic weapon, and thus this is a book of value to the student of under-water warfare, for it is only by paying attention to both the failures and successes of our predecessors that we can correct their mistakes and further develop the work they have left to us to perfect." - Foreword. "I have seen fit to trace the development of mine warfare since its earliest days, my object being to dispose of certain popular misconceptions about the mine, to examine its influence in the strategic, economic, and political spheres, and to present a picture of the technical and industrial factors involved." - Preface. Includes some fifty pages on WW2. Dust jacket not included. Royal Canadian Navy ink stamps upon front fixed and free endpapers, otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear.to navy blue boards. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating reference. [Enser (WWI) pp 223, Enser (WWII) pp 275, Law 830]; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Mines, Minelayers and Minelaying Military Naval Bombs. Fair .

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