Book Reviews

Great Powers, Grand Strategies: The New Game in the South China Sea

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Great Powers, Grand Strategies: The New Game in the South China Sea. Anders Corr ed. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2018. Reviewed by Chris Buckham Very few...

The Memoirs of Karl Doenitz

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Ten Years and Twenty Days: The Memoirs of Karl Doenitz. By Karl Doenitz. Frontline Books, Barnsley, re-published 2019. Reviewed by Darren Puttock The Battle of the...

Arctic Convoys 1941 – 1945

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Arctic Convoys 1941 - 1945. By Richard Woodman. Pen and Sword Publishing, Barnsley, 2019. Reviewed by Greg Swinden BUY NOW FROM BOOKTOPIA There is an old saying that states ‘When...

Australian Code Breakers

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Australian Code Breakers. The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser’s Reich. By James Phelps. Harper Collins,...

Naval Intelligence History

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Dorwart’s History of the Office of Naval Intelligence 1865-1945. By Jeffery M Dorwart. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 2019. Reviewed by Tim Coyle ‘In 1930 the president...

Battle in the Baltic

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Battle in the Baltic. The Royal Navy and the Fight to save Estonia & Latvia 1918-1920. By Steve R Dunn. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2020....

Naval Minewarfare

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Reviewed by James Goldrick* Captain Chris O’Flaherty of the Royal Navy has produced a timely study of the theory and practice of naval mine warfare...

Red Star Over the Pacific

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Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S Maritime Strategy. 2nd edition. By: Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes. Naval Institute...

Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won’t Map the Future

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  Rory Medcalf Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won't Map the Future (La Trobe University Press, 2020) Reviewed by Ric Smith The first point that emerges from Rory...

Admiral Albert Hastings Markham

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  Admiral Albert Hastings Markham; A Victorian Tale of Triumph, Tragedy and Exploration. By Frank Jastrzembski. Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, 2019. Reviewed by Tim Coyle BUY NOW FROM BOOKTOPIA This biography...