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Operation Eldorado Canyon

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Operation Eldorado Canyon. The 1986 US Bombing Raid on Libya. By Major Jim Rotramel USAF (Ret). Harpia Publishing, 1090 Wien, Austria, 2024. ISBN 978-1-95039-412-8 Reviewed...

America’s first aircraft carrier

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America's first aircraft carrier. USS Langley and the Dawn of US Naval Aviation. By David F. Winkler. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2024. ISBN   978-1-68247-501-0 Reviewed...

Delivering Destruction; American Firepower and Amphibious Assault

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Delivering Destruction; American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima. By Chris K Hemler. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2023 Reviewed by Tim...

White Sun War; The Campaign for Taiwan

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White Sun War; The Campaign for Taiwan. By Mick Ryan. Casemate, Philadelphia and Oxford, 2023. Reviewed by Tim Coyle Mick Ryan as a retired Australian Army...

Hearts of Steel

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Hearts of Steel. By Jim Carter. New Generation Publishing, 2022. ISBN. Paperback 978-1-80369-631-7. Hardback 978-1-80369-632-4. eBook              978-1-80369-633-1 Reviewed by David Hobbs Jim Carter was a flat-race...

The Sinking of HMAS Sydney

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The Sinking of HMAS Sydney. How sailors lived, fought and died in Australia’s greatest naval disaster. By Dr Tom Lewis OAM. Big Sky Publishing,...

Recovering Naval Power

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Recovering Naval Power: Henry Maydman and the Revival of the Royal Navy. Edited By John Hattendorf and Geoffrey Till. Routledge, 2024. Reviewed by Peter Jones  BUY...

Hazard Spectrum

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Hazard Spectrum. By Nathan Gray. Headline Publishing Group, London, 2023. ISBN 978-01-03-540251-9 Reviewed by David Hobbs  BUY NOW ON BOOKTOPIA    Nathan Gray served as a fast-jet pilot in...

Two Navies Divided. RN and US Navy in WWII

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Two Navies Divided; The British and United States Navies in the Second World War. By Brian Lavery. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2023 Reviewed by Tim...

BP Shipping Pictorial; The Golden Years 1945 – 1975

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BP Shipping Pictorial; The Golden Years 1945 – 1975. By Ray Solly. Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, Scotland, 2023. Reviewed by Tim Coyle  BUY NOW ON BOOKTOPIA  To the...