SIMKINS, Peter. Battleship : The development and decline of the dreadnought. (London) : Imperial War Museum, (1979). Pp 1-80. Illustrated. Square 8vo,illustrated stapled card covers. Contents : Preface; Introduction; Steam a nd Shells; Armour Protection; Turrets and Barbettes; Big Guns and Torpedoes; Genesis of the Modern Battleship; The Origins of the Naval Race; Trial byBattle; The Dreadnought Era; Naval Tactics on the Eve of the First World W ar; The First World War; Battleships between the Wars; The Second World War; Epilogue. Very good. 15.00