Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era

An in-depth history of naval battleship firepower from before World War I to the end of World War II, by America's leading naval analyst.

For more than half a century, the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a "firing solution" was a significant problem exacerbated when gun sizes increased, fighting ranges lengthened, an...