RUSSIAN SEA POWER

Gambit, Boston, 1971, 1^st thus.  ISBN 0-87645-040-0.  Hard cover, 287 pages including Appendices, Select Bibliography, and Index.  Good plus; binding sound with headbands, light shelf wear, red top stain which has bled a bit onto top fore-edge page block, bit of soil on bottom page-block.  Dust jacket with price intact but marked out shows edge and cover wear, tears and repaired tear on verso, small losses, old water marks.  Interior clean and unmarked; black & white photos, maps, illustration and tables.  ‘This is a full examination of the history, scope, and momentum of the Soviet Union’s vast, complex effort to achieve worldwide naval supremacy. … This book gives tables of the numbers of vessels in all combat categories for the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, and the U.S.S.R.  In 1969 the average age of American navy ships was over 17 years; with almost 60% of combat units over 20 years old, but less than 1% of Russia’s warships was this old.’ (from front flap)