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Derek’s 2025 Year in Books
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Derek Nudd
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Dreadnought to Scapa Flow Vol 2
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Vol II The War Years: To by Arthur J. MarderMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
In many ways Marder's magisterial 5-volume naval history of the First World War is the baseline from which all subsequent revisionists have to argue. Notoriously, he had access to sensitive Admiralty files which have since been 'weeded'.
He starts by reviewing the major personalities of the ti Read more of this blog post »
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| A well-written, compact and comprehensive overview of the birth and evolution of GC&CS. It included several facts I hadn't known and observations I hadn't picked up, despite the wealth of material published about Bletchley since the facts were declas ...more | |
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'Unlike an election, the consequences of which will rest on our heads alone, this plebiscite will decide the future for generations yet unborn.' This quote from the introduction sums up the overriding reason for a book like this to exist. Two journali ...more |
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| Robert Whitehead's 'fish' torpedo (along with the static mine) quickly dominated the market for naval weapons designed to hole a ship at or below the waterline. Until the twentieth century, however, that dominance was challenged by a panoply of inven ...more | |
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Interesting title. SMS Emden's record as an undisguised surface raider is beyond dispute. In an operational career lasting barely two months she sank sixteen British merchantmen, a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer, captured five other merchant ...more |
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| Re-reading 'Riddle' it struck me that the opening chapters have the makings of a great sitcom - Davies and Carruthers trapped in a small boat with radically clashing expectations. After that the pacing of the way the characters' adventure gradually g ...more | |
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A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
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