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Nimitz’s Newsman

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Nimitz’s Newsman; Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in the Pacific. By Hamilton Bean. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2024 Reviewed by Tim Coyle Waldo Drake was...

Intrepid’s Fighting Squadron 18

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Intrepid’s Fighting Squadron 18. By Mike Fink. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2024                                                                                 ISBN 978-1-68247-321-4. Reviewed by David Hobbs Mike Fink is a historian at the Intrepid...

Fairfield. A Shipyard Success Story

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Fairfield. A Shipyard Success Story 1834-2024. By Ian Johnston. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2024. ISBN 978-1-3990-8966-1 (Hardback).                ...

Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908

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Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908. By David Hobbs. Seaforth Publications, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024 Reviewed by Tim Coyle In 1962, a youthful David Hobbs saved...

Jellicoe: U-boat Threat in WWI

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Jellicoe’s War; The U-boat Threat in World War One and the Question of Convoy. By Nicholas Jellicoe. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024 Reviewed by Tim...

The British Hawkins Class Cruisers

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The British Hawkins Class Cruisers. An Odyssey Through Two World Wars. By Aidan Dodson. Seaforth Publishing, a Division of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,...

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...