Portrait of Norman Friedman

Norman Friedman is a prominent international defense analyst and historian specializing in the intersection between policy, strategy, and technology. He has published more than forty books, including The Fifty-Year War, an award-winning history of the Cold War; a history of naval fighter aircraft; and design histories of many U.S. and British warships.

Articles by Norman Friedman

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The Double Turret

By Norman Friedman
October 2022
When the United States began building battleships in about 1890, it adopted—uniquely among the world’s battleship navies—two-story turrets for some them.
Ordnancemen on board the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

Evolution of a Ship-Sinker

By Norman Friedman, Author of U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920–2020 (Naval Institute Press, 2022)
August 2022
The Mk 13 torpedo emerged as a devastating weapon responsible for sinking a Japanese superbattleship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf and another one off Okinawa.

Books by Norman Friedman