Norman Polmar is the principal starting point for this account of Soviet warship development. His contemporary expertise provides the structure for much of the discussion. Even so, the account does not treat him as beyond dispute, and later scholarship also matters. The useful historiographic distinction is between the source's judgment and the interpretation built from it.
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Using Polmar as a source open to challenge
Norman Polmar provides much of the comparison's foundation, with his contemporary expertise treated as a strong source that remains open to challenge.