Since its inception, the binding was seen as an important commodity property of printed materials as an essential criterion for its evaluation. Essentially “clothing”, for example, workbooks or calendar, the cover becomes part of their decoration, a kind of means of characteristics of the publication bears the imprint of an era, and a certain style. He may be rich or poor, sophisticated or original, subtle or funny. Depending on how printed products will be decorated externally, directly depends on its relevance and uniqueness.





Concluding which lasted a quarter of a century the history of the cruisers of the “new generation”, it is appropriate to think about “what would happen if…”. Sense for the main “if” is easy to guess: the absence of artificial restrictions of the Washington and London treaties that led to all countries to create their ships in a very rigid framework, especially in displacement. As we have seen, although not twins they were not, but the choice of artillery of the main caliber was almost automatic: eight inches for a “heavy” “Washington” units and six for their “light” counterparts.
