The most complete and authoritative encyclopedia of World War II cruisers, both the great sea powers (Great Britain, USA, Japan, France, Italy, the Third Reich, the USSR), and secondary fleets (Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, Chile, Sweden, Yugoslavia). A colossal amount of information, elite color printing, an enlarged gift format, more than 2,000 exclusive drawings, diagrams, "sidebars" and photographs, many of which are published for the first time.