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Former Naval Person: Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy
(originally published by Cassell, 1968) 415 pages David Collins One wonders whether the apparent thirst for books, articles, […]
A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire
224 pages Capt. M. K. Barritt Theodore Corbett opens his book with an assertion that there is “little written about […]
U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century: A Strategy for Facing the Chinese and Russian Threat
372 pages Prof Geoffrey Till The problem tackled in this book is the urgent need to recapitalise and reform the […]
Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-Zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
80 pages Brian Trim Despite the author being well-known and regarded, I was initially somewhat put off by the format […]
Conceptualizing Maritime & Naval Strategy: Festschrift for Captain Peter M. Swartz, United States Navy (ret.)
373 pages Prof Andrew Lambert Anyone familiar with Peter Swartz’s career will know what to expect in this impressive essay […]
US Seventh Fleet, Vietnam 1964-75: American Naval Power in Southeast Asia
80 pages Prof Geoffrey Till Osprey’s series of illustrated battle, campaign and war histories is usually pretty good, but this […]
Allied Warships vs the Atlantic Wall: Normandy 1944
80 pages Capt. Andrew Welch (Retd.) This is one of the 153 books that Steven Zaloga has written for Osprey. […]
Nelson and the Slave Trade
170 pages David Childs My great naval hero is Francis Drake who, in partnership with his kinsman, John Hawkins, was […]
The Trafalgar Chronicle: New Series 8
208 pages Capt. M. K. Barritt Part of the lure that draws Nelsonian enthusiasts into the 1805 Club is the […]
