Book Reviews

Dairy of 18yo in the Falkland War

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FEARLESS:  The Diary of an 18-Year-Old at War in the Falklands. By Kevin J Porter  BUY HERE  Reviewed by Desmond Woods The Falklands War of 1982 is...

Admiral VAT Smith. Extraordinary Life

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Admiral VAT Smith: The extraordinary life of the father of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm. By Graeme Lunn. Avonmore Books, Kent Town, 2024. Reviewed by Peter...

Down to the Sea in Submarines

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Down to the Sea in Submarines; A Cold War Odessey. By Dan Conley. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2024. Reviewed by Kim Pitt and Peter...

The Skyhawk Years

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The A-4 Skyhawk in Australian Service 1968-1984. By Peter Greenfield and David Prest. Avonmore Books, Kent Town, South Australia, 2023. ISBN 978-0-645-70041-1 Reviewed by David...

Salt Horse: Memoir of a Maverick Admiral

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Salt Horse: Memoir of a Maverick Admiral, Claude Lionel Cumberlege. Edited by Robin Knight, Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, 2024. Reviewed by Perter Jones & David Stevens A...

The Royal Navy in the Cold War years

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The Royal Navy in the Cold War years. !966-1990. Retreat and Revival. By Edward Hampshire. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN   978-1-3990-4122-5 (Hardback).             978-1-3990-4124-9 (E-Publication). Reviewed...

The Naval Mutinies of 1798

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The Naval Mutinies of 1798; The Irish plot to seize the Channel Fleet. By Philip MacDougall. Pen and Sword Maritime, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024. Reviewed by...

Warship Design Since 1945

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Rebuilding the Royal Navy. Warship Design Since 1945. By David K Brown & George Moore. Greenhill Books, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN 978-1-80500-066-2. Reviewed by David Hobbs This...

A Hard Fought Ship. HMS Venomous

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A Hard Fought Ship - The Story of HMS Venomous. By John A. Rodgaard and Robert J Moore. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, United Kingdom 2024. Reviewed...

Seapower in the Post-Modern World

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Seapower in the Post-Modern World. By Basil Germond. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2024 Reviewed by Tim Coyle Commissioned by the British Admiralty in October 1787, a...