Gunboat

2001. Soft cover, 224 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. By focusing on 13 classic engagements in which gunboats won the day, you appreciate how they were used to establish and control empire, preserve trade routes, and police pirates and rebels. Starting with the Burma war in 1824, and ending with the dramatic escape of the Amethys t down the Yangtze in 1949, this gunboat saga depicts exploits from China to Argentina, from the Crimea to the Mississippi, and from the Persian Gulf to East Africa. 

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Starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna and Candice Bergen, the tale of The Sand Pebbles culminates with one of the most unusual sea battles ever filmed – an armada of Chinese Junks desperately gathering to blockade the river mouth to prevent the old gunboat from escaping...

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