{"product_id":"9781497637931","title":"The Mighty Hood: The Battleship that Challenged the Bismarck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the HMS  \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e , the last great warship of the British Royal Navy, told by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHannibal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e  When it was launched in 1918, the HMS  \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e was the flagship of the Royal Navy. As a battle cruiser, “The Mighty Hood” was fast enough to evade enemy cruiser ships and powerful enough to destroy them. But for all the  \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e ’s might, it had one fatal flaw: armor had been sacrificed for speed.   In 1941, the  \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e  confronted the legendary German warship  \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e . A salvo from the enemy penetrated the  \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e ’s ammunition magazine, destroying the British ship and killing all but three of its crew. The brutal defeat marked the end of the Royal Navy’s dominance. But it also inspired Winston Churchill’s vow to sink the  \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e —a vow that in time was fulfilled.   Through oral history and documentary research, Ernle Bradford chronicles the \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e ’s career from design to demise, with colorful insight into life aboard the ship as well as its broader historical significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052275646704,"sku":"9781497637931","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497637931_p0.jpg?v=1763707722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497637931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}