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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.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a volume based on the letters, papers and journals of Rear Admiral John Elphinstone, and his service in the Russian Navy in 1769 and 1770.

Ed. The author, seeking explanatory narrative frameworks in the tradition of Hobsbawm’s ‘Short Twentieth Century’, applies the geopolitical lens of Halford Mackinder to draw parallels between the world at the turn of the 20^th century and our world today. Originally published in The Article. A 10 minute read.

Ed. Our correspondent reflects on the foreign and historical origins of certain USN warship names.

Ed. The author provides a comparison of Mahanian and Jominian thought with respect to naval and military Lines of Communication (LOCs), and emphasises the institutional, strategic nature of Mahan’s approach contrasting Jomini’s focus on operational art. A 20 minute read.

Ed. Originally published in 1949-1950, this three-part series on Admiral Charles Napier and his controversial command in the Baltic in 1854 during the Crimean War is here compiled as a complete text. Reproduced from the NR’s archives [37/4, p. 381; 38/1, p. 65; 38/2, p. 125]. A 60 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the life and naval career of Sir Home Popham.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the latest edition of The Trafalgar Chronicle, exploring naval history in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.