Derek Law Bibliography

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WESTWOOD, J. N.. Russian Naval Construction 1905–45. 251p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan/Birmingham UP, 1994. ISBN: 0333555538.

Examines how the types, numbers and designs of Russian warships were determined in the years preceding the two World Wars, with the three-way interplay of naval staff, naval designers and political leaders, resulting in fleets that contained some outstanding units but which were, on the whole, inappropriate to the tasks set by those wars..