4 Stars
"On the whole, this book is an excellent read, providing great insight into events that have been part of the background to my life. I learnt a great deal from spending my evenings with this book."
Army Rumour Service Book Club
4 Stars
"On the whole, this book is an excellent read, providing great insight into events that have been part of the background to my life. I learnt a great deal from spending my evenings with this book."
Army Rumour Service Book Club
“This book makes an important contribution to the history of the 20th century.”
International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
“This book makes an important contribution to the history of the 20th century.”
International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
This is a fascinating book on the conflict written by an officer who clearly has a great deal of knowledge. It is interesting that he makes it very clear that Ukraine was invaded, rather than the suggestion that was made by the White House recently, that it was the other way around. The scene is well set before the detail on a number of battles during 2023. The narrative is packed with statistics that are not generally available, some of which are:- “The support package from the US for one F16 is the same cost as 27,637 155mm artillery shells.” “In August Crowd Funding purchased 10,000 drones” “ultimately in this year 100,000 drones of all types were manufactured and sent to the front” “In 2 months of fighting one Ukrainian Brigade had lost 50 of it 99 Bradley IFV”. The writer draws a number of parallels with the 2nd WW. As an example the initial drone strikes on Moscow are compared to the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. To me the book demonstrates the change in warfare that drones.. Read more
Brian Smyth - York Model Engineers Newsletter
This is a fascinating book on the conflict written by an officer who clearly has a great deal of knowledge. It is interesting that he makes it very clear that Ukraine was invaded, rather than the suggestion that was made by the White House recently, that it was the other way around. The scene is well set before the detail on a number of battles during 2023. The narrative is packed with statistics that are not generally available, some of which are:- “The support package from the US for one F16 is the same cost as 27,637 155mm artillery shells.” “In August Crowd Funding purchased 10,000 drones” “ultimately in this year 100,000 drones of all types were manufactured and sent to the front” “In 2 months of fighting one Ukrainian Brigade had lost 50 of it 99 Bradley IFV”. The writer draws a number of parallels with the 2nd WW. As an example the initial drone strikes on Moscow are compared to the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. To me the book demonstrates the change in warfare that drones.. Read more
Brian Smyth - York Model Engineers Newsletter
"In the early 1950s it was not unusual to see the high altitude contrails of USAF B-36s over England. 385 were built and, commonly dubbed "Six Turning, Four Burning" thanks to its six piston and four jet engines. The development of the B-36 is fully described and there is considerable coverage of the political issues including competition from the Northrop flying wing. We see the B-36 into services with SAC, and we well remember al those contrails over Britain in the 1950s as the B-36s flew over. This is a readable history..."
Aviation World - Spring 2025
"In the early 1950s it was not unusual to see the high altitude contrails of USAF B-36s over England. 385 were built and, commonly dubbed "Six Turning, Four Burning" thanks to its six piston and four jet engines. The development of the B-36 is fully described and there is considerable coverage of the political issues including competition from the Northrop flying wing. We see the B-36 into services with SAC, and we well remember al those contrails over Britain in the 1950s as the B-36s flew over. This is a readable history..."
Aviation World - Spring 2025
