BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Geoffrey Till considers Brent Sadler’s examination of and argument for a recapitalised and reformed US Navy, able to respond to the challenges of great power competition.

372 pages Prof Geoffrey Till The problem tackled in this book is the urgent need to recapitalise and reform the […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Geoffrey Till considers a new ‘short, hard-hitting account’ of the US Navy’s role and contribution to the US campaign in Vietnam.

80 pages Prof Geoffrey Till Osprey’s series of illustrated battle, campaign and war histories is usually pretty good, but this […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a short book examining the development of US Navy gun destroyers during the Cold War, including service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

48 pages Rear Admiral R. G. Melly Mark Stille is a retired US Navy Commander, with a background in intelligence. […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Paul Kennedy’s maritime history of the Second World War and how it shaped the development of post-war global order.

by PAUL KENNEDY with paintings by IAN MARSHALL (Yale University Press – £25.00) ISBN 978 0 300 21917 3 544 […]

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the fate of the battleship after the Second World War, focusing on the strategic, operational and political factors that led to their decline and eventual fall.