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Book Reviews, Memoirs, People, United States Marine Corps
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Latest Book Review, 13 February 2026

13 Feb 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the memoirs of a Vietnam War veteran turned entrepreneur, Bob Parsons, who founded the web hosting company GoDaddy, and battling PTSD.

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Fire in the Hole! The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success

13 Feb 26

320 pages Alice Watts If you don’t understand Bob Parsons’s childhood and Vietnam experience, you can’t understand him. In Fire […]

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Book Reviews, Battle of the Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Memoirs, Naval History, Second World War, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 22 July 2025

22 Jul 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the memoirs of a Royal Navy  rating’s experience of the Second World War at sea in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

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Sunk by a U-Boat, Attacked by Kamikazes: Memoirs of a War at Sea

22 Jul 25

240 pages Capt Andrew Welch This is (yet) another of those WWII wartime personal sagas. John Marsden has taken Joseph, […]

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Book Reviews, Memoirs, Second World War
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Latest Book Review, 11 July 2025

11 Jul 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a powerful memoir of a German and Polish Jewish families’ story of survival in the face of Nazi persecution in the run-up to and during the Second World War.

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Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

11 Jul 25

496 pages Tearless This is both a tough read and an easy read: tough because of the accounts and easy […]

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Book Reviews, Naval History, Second World War, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 8 July 2025

08 Jul 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a memoir of a Seaman Gunner, who served on a  Royal Navy destroyer in the Second World War.

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Destroyers, Greyhounds of the Fleet: Memoirs of a Naval Gunner in the Second World War

08 Jul 25

216 pages Capt Andrew Welch This is another of those WWII wartime personal sagas. However, this is probably the best […]

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Book Reviews, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Deterrence, Equipment Capability, Naval History, Nuclear Deterrence, Submarines
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Latest Book Review, 12 November 2024

12 Nov 24

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Captain Dan Conley’s memoirs, tracing his experience in the Submarine Service from the mid-1960s through to the mid-1990s, which included command of both SSKs and SSNs, and subsequent service in weapons trials and procurement.

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