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Latest Book Review, 28 March
The latest book review has been published. It reviews two books by David Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in […]
Taranto and Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (David Hobbs, Seaforth, £35, ISBN 978 1 5267 9383 6) & The Fleet Air Arm and the War in Europe 1939-1945 (David Hobbs, Seaforth, £35, ISBN 978 1 5267 9979 1)
The subject of both books immediately appealed to this reviewer, who has a keen interest in maritime airpower, and having […]
New Book Review Essay, 24 March
The latest book review has been published. It is a review essay covering three titles concerned with naval aviation in […]
Japanese Carriers and Victory in the Pacific: The Yamamoto Option (Martin Stansfield, Pen & Sword Maritime, £25, ISBN 9781399010115); Leyte Gulf (2): Surigao Strait and Cape Engano (Mark Stille, Osprey, £15.99, ISBN 9781472842855); Royal Navy Torpedo-Bombers Vs Axis Warships 1939-1945 (Matthew Willis, Osprey, £14.99, ISBN 9781472852489)
None of these three volumes on naval aviation in the Second World War are conventional naval history books. The second […]
Latest Book Reviews, 21 March
The latest book reviews have been published, one on naval fiction set at the turn of the 20th century and […]
Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic, Thomas Sheppard, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 9781682477557, £41.35
Creating a new Navy involves far more than building ships and acquiring manpower: as complex state-funded organisations navies must be […]
Code of Honor: A Novel of RADM Peter Wake, USN, in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, Robert N Macomber, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 9781682477847, £24.00
It’s unusual to be asked to review naval fiction for The Naval Review. So, I was interested to read Mr […]
British Warship Losses in the Modern Era 1920-1982, David Hepper, Seaforth Publishing, £30, ISBN 978 1 3990 9766 6
This volume is an amazing encyclopaedic, catalogue of British warships lost between 1920 and 1982, by far the greatest number […]
A Sailor’s Odyssey
The career of Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883-1963) provides the classic example of “the right man, […]
