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19th Century, 20th Century, Admiralty, Age of Sail, Armed Forces, Book Reviews, Campaigns, China, Cold War, Deterrence, Doctrine, Escalation, First Anglo-Dutch War, First World War, Force Structure, France, Geopolitics, Germany, Global War On Terror, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Italy, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Napoleonic Wars, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Weapons, Royal Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Second World War, Shipbuilding, Soviet Union, Strategy, Tanker War, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States of America, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 11 August 2026

11 Aug 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers an edited volume, featuring an eminent selection of contributors, examining the development of maritime strategy from the 17th century through to the present.

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20th Century, Age of Sail, Air Defence, Armed Forces, Black Sea, Blockade, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, First World War, Fleet Air Arm, General, Hybrid Navy, Iran, Italy, Japan, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Learning From The Past, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Modernisation, National Defence, National Security, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Risk Management, Russia, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Supply Chains, Tactics, Technology, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), United States Navy, USNI

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Naval Base Strike in the Theory and Practice of Sea Control

By A/Lt Cdr Teddy Bradley RN,

09 Jul 26

Ed. With historical and contemporary examples in mind, the author reconsiders naval strike as an indirect method of pursuing sea control. A 20 minute read.

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20th Century, Australia, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Seapower, Second World War, United States of America, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 26 June 2026

26 Jun 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the latest volume in the Britannia Naval Histories of World War Two series, looking at the opening months of the war against Japan in Southeast Asia in 1941-2.

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Anti-Submarine Warfare, Book Reviews, Germany, Italy, Japan, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Second World War, Submarines, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 19 June 2026

19 Jun 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining the development of midget submarines and manned torpedoes during the Second World War.

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20th Century, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Battle of the Atlantic, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Convoy Operations, Fleet Air Arm, Geostrategy, Germany, Indo-Pacific, Italy, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Seapower, Second World War, Strategic Bombing, Strategy, United States of America, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 9 June 2026

09 Jun 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining the maritime campaigns in the Atlantic and northwestern European waters and contribution to Allied victory in the Second World War.

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Amphibious Operations, Australia, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval Gunfire Support, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Operational Planning, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Sea Power, Second World War, Shipbuilding, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States of America, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 26 May 2026

26 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the concluding volume in a four-book series providing an account of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of the Second World War.

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Air Power, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Command & Control, Communications, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Planning, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Submarines, United States Army, United States Navy, World War Two

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Latest Book Review, 15 May 2026

15 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing a detailed case study of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring the rationale for the raid and its execution.

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Biography, Book Reviews, Japan, Military History, Second World War

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Latest Book Review, 12 May 2026

12 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a biography of Hideki Tojo, the infamous Japanese military officer then prime minister, and war criminal.

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Armed Forces, Book Reviews, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, India, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Russia, Seapower, United States Navy

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