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Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion
By Peter F. Stevens, Regnery History, Washington, DC, (2012).
Reviewed by Greg Stitz
Fatal Dive is, on balance, a very good book, and the depth and breadth of research is remarkable. It should be in the collection of anyone interested in World War II submarines.
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The Silent Service in World War II
By Edward Monroe-Jones and Michael Green, eds., Havertown, PA, Casemate (2012). Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. An anthology of 46 oral histories of variable lengths that focus on stories of men as well as old S- and newer fleet-type boats that fought against the Japanese during World War II in the western Pacific. Most of these have been published elsewhere.
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Mayday: The Decline of American Naval Supremacy
By Seth Cropsey, Overlook Duckworth, New York, NY, (2013).
Reviewed by Harvey M. Sapolsky, Ph.D.
Seth Cropsey, a Navy secretariat official in Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations and currently a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, is worried about the future of the U.S. Navy and the fate of the nation.
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Invading America: The English Assault on the New World, 1497-1630
By David Childs, Seaforth Publishing, South Yorkshire, UK, (2012).
Reviewed by Thomas Sheppard
Childs' systematic study of early English efforts in North America is a strong contribution to the literature, where far too many works skip ahead to Jamestown and undervalue the crucial groundwork that came before.
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Pathbreakers: U.S. Marine African American Officers in Their Own Words
Compiled and edited by Dr. Fred Allison and Colonel Kurtis Wheeler USMCR, US Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA (2012).
Reviewed by Colonel Curt Marsh, USMCR (Retired)
I highly recommend this book to those interested in promoting the worthy goal of diversity in the officer ranks of the Marine Corps. It provides an enlightened and informed perspective on how this may be accomplished and that it is an ongoing challenge.
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Defender Dolphins: The Story of Project Short Time
By Harold Goforth, Fortis Publications, United Kingdom, (2013).
Reviewed by Stephen Phillips
Defender Dolphins is a must read for anyone involved in force protection missions especially those who focus on harbor defense. Anyone from the diving community will find the story of interest, as will practitioners of irregular warfare or operations in the littorals.
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NHF Member Publication News
If you are a member of the Naval Historical Foundation, we want to hear what you are writing about! If you have a new book in print, or one on the near horizon, please let us know, and we'd like to help you get the word out with announcements in future editions of Naval History Book Reviews, as well as the NHF blog, which you can visit at http://www.navyhistory.org/blog/. Please contact Dave Colamaria with your book information at dcolamaria@navyhistory.org.
- Jim Dolbow is pleased to announce publication of the 10th edition of The Coast Guardsman's Manual, which he edited. It was just released by the Naval Institute Press.
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