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Two New Lives of ‘The Unsinkable’ Lightoller: Unsinkable Lights: Charles H. Lightoller’s Epic Tale of Hope and Survival & Houdini of the Sea: Charles Lightoller’s Great Escapes
272 pages; 304 pages Peter Hore By curious coincidence, 2026 has produced not one but two full-length biographies of Commander […]
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Two New Lives of ‘The Unsinkable’ Lightoller: Unsinkable Lights: Charles H. Lightoller’s Epic Tale of Hope and Survival & Houdini of the Sea: Charles Lightoller’s Great Escapes
272 pages; 304 pages Peter Hore By curious coincidence, 2026 has produced not one but two full-length biographies of Commander […]
Grenada 1983: American Resurgence Towards the End of the Cold War
96 pages Alexander Howlett The October 25th 1983 US liberation of Grenada has been a shadowy subject in the late […]
Nagato-Class Battleships 1920-46: The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Super-Dreadnoughts
48 pages Dr James Bosbotinis Part of Osprey’s ‘New Vanguard’ series, Nagato-Class Battleships 1920-46 sets out to provide a history […]
Far Horizons: Unusual Journeys and Strange Encounters from a Travelling Life
448 pages Tearless ‘Name the Country and I’ll tell you about it’. Thus, as unfledged Midshipmen we would sit mesmerised, […]
British Amphibious Operations of the First World War
224 pages Andrew Young Back in January, I was pleased to review Joseph Moretz’s excellent The Development of British Amphibious […]
Okinawa 1945: The Royal Navy’s Biggest Carrier Campaign
96 pages Dr James Bosbotinis The British Pacific Fleet, arguably the most powerful fleet yet deployed by the Royal Navy, […]
The Evolution of Naval Mine Warfare
236 pages Chris O’Flaherty Written in an engaging and colloquial style, this lovely book presents a new evaluation of many […]
Planning for War at Sea: 400 Years of Great Power Competition
400 pages Dr James Bosbotinis Planning for War at Sea is an important and timely volume, focusing as it does […]
