This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the Second World War and I have no hesitation in wholeheartedly recommending it.
An outstanding contribution to the literature.
Marine News
This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the Second World War and I have no hesitation in wholeheartedly recommending it.
An outstanding contribution to the literature.
Marine News
The author taps into many unfamiliar sources, illuminates many little-known and unknown corners of the war, integrates many aspects usually treated separately (if at all), and ties together into one useful package the full range of events on and adjacent to the Baltic during the war years. Not perfect, but quite a good job and quite a valuable book, especially from someone who is neither professional historian nor professional writer.
Stone & Stone
The author taps into many unfamiliar sources, illuminates many little-known and unknown corners of the war, integrates many aspects usually treated separately (if at all), and ties together into one useful package the full range of events on and adjacent to the Baltic during the war years. Not perfect, but quite a good job and quite a valuable book, especially from someone who is neither professional historian nor professional writer.
Stone & Stone
This outstanding two-volume study was built around extensive use of material from British and American sources and there is no doubt that Roskill’s shrewd and balanced conclusions have stood the test of time. Highly recommended.
Marine News, February 2017
This outstanding two-volume study was built around extensive use of material from British and American sources and there is no doubt that Roskill’s shrewd and balanced conclusions have stood the test of time. Highly recommended.
Marine News, February 2017
The book opens with a clear exposition of the political, diplomatic and strategic situation which led up to the Second Dutch War in 1665. We see how want of cash led to embezzlement, malversation and pilfering in a vicious circle which led to what funds there were being further diminished. Particularly explained are the shambolic Command arrangements on both sides although de Ruyter established firm tactical control of the Dutch fleet and its embarked forces. My childhoood book of our monarchs summarised Charles II: 'He did not worry overmuch/When up the Medway sailed the Dutch' He, and his Government, were certainly rattled afterwards and we see the resultant unedifying witch-hunt and scapegoating needed to point blame away from where it truly belonged. The immediate result was our capital city in a panic; a political disaster at home, even though the effect on relative naval strength was minimal; and the loss of diplomatic position at Breda where peace treaty negotiations were continuing.. Read more
Robert Griffiths, Seaweed
The book opens with a clear exposition of the political, diplomatic and strategic situation which led up to the Second Dutch War in 1665. We see how want of cash led to embezzlement, malversation and pilfering in a vicious circle which led to what funds there were being further diminished. Particularly explained are the shambolic Command arrangements on both sides although de Ruyter established firm tactical control of the Dutch fleet and its embarked forces. My childhoood book of our monarchs summarised Charles II: 'He did not worry overmuch/When up the Medway sailed the Dutch' He, and his Government, were certainly rattled afterwards and we see the resultant unedifying witch-hunt and scapegoating needed to point blame away from where it truly belonged. The immediate result was our capital city in a panic; a political disaster at home, even though the effect on relative naval strength was minimal; and the loss of diplomatic position at Breda where peace treaty negotiations were continuing.. Read more
Robert Griffiths, Seaweed
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Scotland and the Sea
Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century. Scottish engineering, ship-owning and operating, as well as business and entrepreneurial skills, played a major part in the success… Read more...
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Inshore Craft
This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location and purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution.… Read more...
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Seaforth World Naval Review 2012
Seaforth World Naval Review 2012 Launched in 2009, this annual has rapidly established a reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines the standing features of regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important developments.… Read more...
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Figureheads of the Royal Navy
The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry VIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening three hundred and fifty years it is estimated that some 5000 ships of the Royal Navy carried a figurehead of some description. This book… Read more...
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Ordeal By Ice
Surrounded by hazardous seas and pitiless ice, Antarctica was first sighted by Europeans less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged around that continent, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs and disease. This comprehensive and richly illustrated book tells the story of these ships and the expeditions… Read more...
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A Century of Sea Travel
This book is a voyage through the life of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by travellers who sailed on these vessels, and it carries within it their thoughts and experiences, mirrored here in words and pictures. The pictures are memories of ships and places in times gone by, glimpses of steamship travel through the years. In memoirs and… Read more...
