Valuing anything in these hyper-litigious times is surely a very dangerous business. Given the intensely cyclical nature of the shipping business, it...
On opening this book your reviewer thought, “Ho hum, yet another dreary rehash of the Bass and Flinders story”. Fortunately, he was wrong, very wrong....
This is naval history at its best. The author has an unusually sardonic style that sees him inject impressively and amusingly appropriate comments throughout...
Not having seen a copy of this excellent but somewhat idiosyncratic annual publication for a decade, it has been a pleasure to re-make its acquaintance....
It was a very long campaign indeed and this first rate book covers it in considerable detail. Effectively, it is an operational history that records...
A young Douglas MacArthur, touring Japan in 1903 with his father, General Arthur MacArthur, was informed by his father that Japan and America would...
A big, thick, glossy and beautifully illustrated book in the usual DK (Dorling Kindersley) mould, this offers an excellent overview of almost five millennia...
This is a second excellent “operational history” of an arm of the Nazi Kriegsmarine from the same diligent author. His Schnellboote history was reviewed...
This is a fascinating and very valuable history for anyone interested in the smaller end of the warship world and for those interested in the development...
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