Book Reviews

The Secret War Against Red Russia

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The Secret War Against Red Russia: The Daring Exploits of Paul Dukes and Augustus Agar VC during the Russian Civil War. By Brian Best....

British Light Cruisers

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British Light Cruisers. Leander, Amphion and Arethusa Classes. ShipCraft Number 31. By Les Brown. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2023. ISBN 978-1-3990-3056-4. Reviewed by David Hobbs One of the...

British Coastal Forces

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British Coastal Forces. Two World Wars and After. By Norman Friedman. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2023. ISBN 978-1-3990-1858-6 Reviewed by David Hobbs Norman Friedman’s work needs little...

An International Analysis of the Navy-Coastguard Nexus

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Grey and White Hulls; An International Analysis of the Navy-Coastguard Nexus. Ian Bowers and Swee Kean Collin Koh eds. Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Reviewed by Tim...

Sustaining the carrier war

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Reviewed by David Hobbs Stan Fisher is an assistant professor of naval and American history at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis.  He has a PhD...

How to Grow a Navy

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How to Grow a Navy; The Development of Maritime Power. By Geoffrey Till. Routledge, Oxford, 2023. Reviewed by Tim Coyle PhD Navies are back as priority...

Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999

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Safe to Dive - Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999. By John Jeremy. Published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia 2023, under...

The Petrol Navy 1914-1920

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The Petrol Navy. British, American and other Naval Motor Boats at War 1914-1920. By Steve R Dunn. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2023 Reviewed by John Mortimer This book...

ASD: Revealing Secrets

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Revealing Secrets; An Unofficial History of Australian Signals Intelligence and the Advent of Cyber. By John Blaxland and Claire Birgin. NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, 2023. Reviewed...

The Secret History of the Five Eyes

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The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The Untold Story of the International Spy Network. By Richard Kerbaj. Published by John Blake, London, 2022. Reviewed...