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Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command
By Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2012) Reviewed by Stephen Phillips The prime audience for Destroyer Captain is those in the commanding officer pipeline, but as a source of individual study rather than a classroom text. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in or has fond memories of naval service.
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Fight for the Fjords: The Battle for Norway 1940
M. J. Pearce and R. Porter, ed., University of Plymouth Press, Plymouth, UK (2012).
Reviewed by Richard P. Hallion, Ph.D.
Pearce and Porter's work is actually an assemblage of two official (and formerly Restricted) histories completed shortly after the Second World War...the editors are to be thanked for the time they spent and care they took in preparing them for publication and placing them within a proper historical context.
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The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night Titanic was Lost
By Daniel Allen Butler, Casemate, Philadelphia, PA. Newbury, Great Britain. (2009).
Reviewed by James Quinn
Daniel Allen Butler's book returns both of these other ships and their captains, Arthur Rostron of Carpathia and Californian's Stanley Lord, to the public eye.
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Many Were Held by the Sea: The Tragic Sinking of HMS Otranto
By R. Neil Scott, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD. (2012.) Reviewed by Alan M. Anderson Scott's posthumously published book brings to light a long-neglected tragedy from America's role in World War I and reveals the personal losses as well as the courageous actions of many. More importantly it should go far to ensure that the sinking of HMS Otranto is not forgotten.
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Athenia Torpedoed: The U-Boat Attack That Ignited the Battle of the Atlantic
By Francis M. Carroll, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2012) Reviewed by David Kronenfeld Athenia Torpedoed documents the passenger ship Athenia's background, sailing, sinking, and resulting personal and political fallout...Professor Carroll has contributed a readily accessible volume for anyone desiring to better understand the opening salvoes of World War II.
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The Journey of a Warrior: The Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, General Alfred Mason Gray
By Col. Gerald H. Turley, USMCR (Ret.), IUniverse, Inc., (2012).
Reviewed by John Grady
The Journey of a Warrior is a "friend's book." Gerald Turley has known, respected, and worked with and for Al Gray for years. That is both the book's greatest strength and a weakness
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Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, Bluejacket Books, Annapolis, MD, (2001). Reviewed by Jason McHale
Still an important source and provides a unique view of the decisions that influenced the outcome of the battle. But, it must be balanced against, and augmented by, the scholarship of the Japanese and the recent work of John Lundstrom and Craig Symonds.
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Warship - 2011
Edited by John Jordan, Conway, London, Great Britain. (2011).
Reviewed by Kempton Baldridge Jr.
Well-researched and covering a wide variety of naval history and architecture, these essays will be a pleasure for any naval historian looking for something between a magazine article and full-blown book.
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Great Lakes Warships, 1812-1815
By Mark Lardas, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom (2010)
Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology
This short work gives readers a delightful beginning to their reading on the naval battles of the conflict. Without the book's going into great detail, Lardas offers an excellent introduction to the battles, the leaders, and the builders of the vessels.
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Books Available for Review
We have a number of books here in our offices that are available to be reviewed. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Dave Winkler at dwinkler@navyhistory.org. As a bonus, you get to keep the copy of the book you review!
Big Mother 40: A Vietnam War Novel. Marc Liebman, Fireship Press, 2012, 388 pages. (Vietnam War historical fiction).
British Light Cruisers, 1939-45. Angus Konstam, Illustrated by Paul Wright, Osprey Publishing, 2012, 48 pages.
Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam. Roger Mansell, edited by Linda Goetz Holmes, Naval Institute Press, 2012, 255 pages
A Combat of Devils. Keith Dovkants, Matador, 2012, 306 pages. (World War I Q-Ship historical fiction)
Lloyd's Register: 250 Years of Service. Nigel Watson, Lloyd's Register, 2010, 395 pages.
Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II. Michael G. Walling, Osprey Publishing, 2012, 284 pages.
Isaiah's Eagles Rising: A Generation of Airmen. Bernard Thomas Nolan, Xlibris Corporation, 2012, 268 pages.
Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day. Written and Illustrated by Wayne Vanshant, Zenith Press, 2004, 130 pages.
The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China. Linda Kush, Osprey Publishing, 2012, 294 pages.
USN Destroyer VS IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943. Mark Stille, Osprey Publishing, 2012, 80 pages.
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