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What Can Asia’s Navies Learn From the Era of the Mighty Battleship?

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran speak with Robert Farley about The Battleship Book.

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
February 25, 2016

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran speak to Robert Farley about his latest book, The Battleship Book, and the role of large surface warfare ships in modern Asian navies. For Farley’s writings at The Diplomat, see his author page. Listeners may also be interested in Farley’s look at HIJMS Nagato in a post for The Diplomat‘s Flashpoints blog from 2015.

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