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BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers two books providing insights into shipbuilding in the age of sail.

Ed. Our correspondent defends the value of Initial Sea Training (IST), and argues that reduction of fleet size is the fundamental reason ‘at sea’ training has been discarded for Officer Cadets.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Professor Andrew Lambert’s masterful study of the development of British strategy from victory at Waterloo to the First World War.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the life of Captain Kidd, written by his ‘ninth great-grandson’.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the life of George Lowther, a pirate, subsequently pardoned and served in the Royal Navy.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a reprint of a biography of Admiral Beaufort, originally published in 2002.

Ed. Writing against prevailing aerospace trends, the author makes the case for the space domain as a maritime strategic analogy. First published by the Center for Maritime Strategy. A 15 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the relationship of geography to seapower through the lens of the Western exploration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, and their subsequent incorporation into the British Empire.

Originally published in October 1928 [16/4, p. 609], Admiral Sir Reginald Custance conducted a tactical study of the naval battles of the First Dutch War (1652-1654), with due regard to the institutional learning of the Commonwealth’s ‘generals at sea’ against the Dutch seapower. A 40 minute read.