Polmar, Norman. — Soviet naval power: challenge for the 1970s.

London : Macdonald & Jane's,1974. Revised edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket (bit rubbed). xi,126 pp.,ills. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - From the publisher : The Soviet Union today boasts the world's largest and most modern surface navy, largest nuclear-propelled submarine fleet, largest ocean research and fishing fleets, and one of the most advanced shipbuilding industries in existence. This is a unique, authoritative, and fascinating account of how the Soviet naval forces work together with the Soviet merchant, fishing, and research fleets to further economic, political, and military policies of the USSR. The author, an editor of Jane's Fighting Ships and a leading authority on Soviet naval history, strategy, and technology, also provides an up-to-the- minute analysis of the transformation of the Soviet Union-primarily a land power-into a dominant sea power since World War II. Mr. Polmar's account points out the weaknesses in current Soviet naval power and the reasons for them. He details the roles such key personalities as Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorshkov have played in the growth of the So- viet Navy, and includes numerous ap- pendices of dimensions and charactertistics of contemporary Soviet warships. ISBN 9780356081588.