Volume 2 of Allied Coastal Forces in World War II will appeal to readers interested in motor torpedo boats used by the British and Americans in coastal warfare at sea and those building smaller scale ver- sions of these interesting craft. Many of these miniatures are ideal for playing naval war games.

The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord, XXIX, No. 2 (Summer 2019) – reviewed by Chris Madsen Toronto, Ontario

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Maritime Engineering Journal

It is a fascinating and very revealing read which definitely justifies the price of the
Volume. The authors have written a Volume to be very proud of and it covers the
subject very well.

Military Archive Research, Dr Stuart C Blank

Masterpiece. Essential in any naval library.

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Miniaturas JM

This also is a must have book for anyone interested in coastal warfare and a great companion to Volume 1. There is nothing I can think of that is really missing from this coverage.

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THOMO'S HOLE

Over 250 pages packed with an amazing level of detail and a degree of research effort from both authors, that can only be admired. Anyone with an interest in Coastal Forces, veterans, historians and modellers, and I suspect even some boatbuilders and those restoring any of these old boats will find this of interest. This is a book I think should really be on your reference bookshelf. I can't recommend this one highly enough.

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Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland

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STORIA Militare, July 2019

Being a large-format book, both the illustrations and plans/drawing[ which represents John Lambert at this best] are clearly and crisply printed on semi-gloss paper, so that the details stand out, assisted by extensive, information captions.

International Navel Research Organisation

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Warship World

What I really liked about this book though are the pictures. You can tell so much from a picture, far more than words alone will ever tell you. I’d only seen a few of the pictures before, which is a little surprising when many of them are from The Imperial War Museum, a source that I’ve regularly raided over the years: others are from factory sources, the USN and private collections... All in all, a truly fascinating book.

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Rum Ration

For modellers, boat construction historians and those who simply like big fast boats in action ‘Allied Coastal Forces’ Volume 2 is a must have book.

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Australian Naval Institute

This is not a book just to be read but to be owned. A quality publication in a large format, 290mm by 240mm, with over 250 pages packed with technical drawings, photographs and engaging text. Some publicity blurb says it would help anyone wishing to build a model but for some of the boats little more would be needed to build to full size craft such is the detail given.
Although it may look like a technical tome written only for experts, and it fits that role very well, it would also delight any general reader with an interest in naval development. So much extra is covered around the development and construction including the politics and finance under the Lend Lease arrangements, in a brief review it is difficult to do the book justice. The joint authors massive research has resulted in the listing of every boat built and its eventual fate, including a chapter about the ones which still exist in museums or as houseboats.

We cannot recommend this book too highly.

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Clash of Steel

This is a book not to be missed and the companion Volume I, covering Fairmile and US Submarine Chasers, is equally important.

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