There has never been such a publication - neither here in Russia, nor in the West! The maximum that you will find abroad is separate books on German and British cruisers of the First World War. But you can't buy a complete illustrated encyclopedia, which provides information about all the ships of this class of the seventeen countries participating in the Great War, without exception, either in European or American bookstores or online stores.This book is the first.< /p>A colossal amount of information about the cruising forces of not only the great maritime powers - Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan - but also the secondary fleets of Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Turkey, China, Portugal, Greece, Peru , Uruguay, Romania and even Persia!All about the performance characteristics, service and combat use of 392 cruisers of the First World War, 69 of which were lost.More than 1500 exclusive drawings, diagrams and photographs.< /p>This unique encyclopedia is second to none.