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19th Century, Biography, Book Reviews, Naval History
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Latest Book Review, 28 April 2026

28 Apr 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the letters of Admiral Sir Bryan Godfrey-Fausset as a midshipman in the Victorian Royal Navy.

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The Dido Papers: The Letters of a Victorian Midshipman

28 Apr 26

197 pages Capt M K Barritt Royal Navy In the course of research for his biography of Admiral of the […]

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Biography, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Indo-Pacific, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Naval History, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Sea Power, Second World War, United States Navy, United States of America, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 24 March 2026

24 Mar 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a new biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance, whose “achievement is not merely to reconstruct Admiral Raymond A. Spruance’s operational record, but to illuminate a deeper and more unsettling truth: that victory in industrial war may depend less on boldness than on restraint, less on charisma than on intellect, and less on the commander as hero than on the commander as thinker.”

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Wielding the Trident: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and America’s Victory in the Pacific

24 Mar 26

368 pages Gp Capt Kevin Billings Andrew K. Blackley’s Wielding the Trident is a biography of paradox. It recounts the […]

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Biography, Book Reviews, First World War, Germany, Military History, Naval History
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Latest Book Review, 20 February 2026

20 Feb 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book recounting the history of a German family in the First World War, from which three sons served and died.

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Three Sons for the Kaiser: A German Family’s Sacrifice in the First World War

20 Feb 26

296 pages Mike Farquharson-Roberts PhD (Mar Hist) “Their sons, they gave, their immortality”[1] What is widely regarded as the best […]

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Biography, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Falklands War, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Operational Planning, Royal Marines
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Latest Book Review, 12 December 2025

12 Dec 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a new biography of Commodore Michael Clapp, including both his role in the Falklands War and wider naval career.

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Unsung Hero of the Falklands War: The Life and Career of Commodore Michael Clapp CB

12 Dec 25

240 pages Andrew Livsey Many will be aware of the intermittent tension during the Falklands War between Rear Admiral Sandy […]

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Air Power, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Biography, Book Reviews, Fleet Air Arm, Germany, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval History, People, Royal Canadian Air Force, Second World War, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 2 December 2025

02 Dec 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Paul Beaver’s biography of Eric Brown.

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