The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II was the third largest in the world and had some of the most powerful warships of the time. This work, based on Japanese-language sources and hitherto unpublished material, examines the cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, ships which were among the most powerful of their type and whose rumoured capabilities had considerable influence on Allied building programmes. As well as covering cruisers' design, development, modifications, capabilities and operational histories, this book goes beyond the ships themselves to examine larger issues of Japanese defense policy, naval organization and strategy, and technological development.
- ISBN10 1861760582
- ISBN13 9781861760586
- Publish Date 30 January 1998 (first published 1 November 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 April 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Greenhill Books
- Imprint Chatham Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 880
- Language English