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Mao’s Army Goes to Sea

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Mao's Army Goes to Sea, The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy. By Toshi YoshiharaGeorgetown University Press, 2023.  Reviewed by Brandon Tran This review...

Law reform and Averting Unjust War

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Review – Politics and the General in Supreme Command: Law reform and Averting Unjust War. By Richard Adams. Routledge: London and New York, 2025....

Australian Military History in 1000 books

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Beyond the Broken Years; Australian Military History in 1000 books. By Peter Stanley. New South Publishing, Sydney 2024. Reviewed by Tim Coyle The cover of Beyond...

Truman and the Bomb. The Untold Story

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Truman and the Bomb. The Untold Story. By D M Giangreco. Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2023. Reviewed by Tim...

By Derwent Divided

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By Derwent Divided. The Story of the Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster. By Tom Lewis. ISBN 0957735111, 9780957735118. Publisher: Tall...

Australia’s Naval Leaders, 1911-1997

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British Naval Gun Mountings from 1890

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British Naval Gun Mountings. From 1890: 18-inch to 4.5-inch Mark 8. By Ian Buxton. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN 978-1-3990-5996-1 (hardback)                                                                                  ISBN 978-1-3990-3099-1 (ePub). Reviewed...

Steam Yachts at War

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Steam Yachts at War. By Steve R Dunn. Seaforth Publishing, 2024 Reviewed by Mike Carlton In exile in Europe in the mid-17th century, presumably with time...

The Odd Couple: the Australia-America Relationship

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The Odd Couple: the Australia-America Relationship. By Allan Behm. (Upswell Publishing). ISBN: 978-0-6452479-9-2. Reviewed by Michael McKernan   Allan Behm’s undertaking of the odd couple relationship that...

Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic 1941-1945

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Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic 1941-1945. By Andrew Boyd. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN 978 1 3990 3886 7...