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Sacred Vessels - The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy (Hardcover)
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Sacred Vessels - The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy (Hardcover)
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Writing critically about something you have come to regard with
affection must provoke mixed emotions. As I learned more and more
about the modern battleship's shortcomings, I found myself, like so
many before me, falling under its spell. I have traveled hundreds
of miles to visit these wonderful ships, reverently preserved like
a necklace of talismans around our nation's coasts. I have stood in
awe under the great guns, wondering what it must have been like to
hear them fire. Perhaps it is true that their sound and fury
signified very little in terms of actual destructive power. But
most people thought they did, and that was and still is important.
Besides, for the most part, we were proud of those ships. Now we
live in a time of weapons so terrible that we must actually hide
them-beneath the ground and below the surface of the sea. But, like
battleships, they keep the peace precisely because of what others
think they can do. All things being equal, who would not prefer the
dreadnoughts?
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