I have just read [this] book in one sitting; informative, logical and persuasive. A veritable "tour de force" which adds to our knowledge and appreciation of events past and challenges ahead.

I was particularly interested in the US perspective, of which I was mainly ignorant and the slightly internecine Falkland TG aviation tangles. I have had no qualms about my distaste and mistrust of the Crabs; the book confirmed all that I knew.

I was impressed with the strategic conclusions which not only confirms my view about Whitehall and what needs to be done. I take nothing away from the overt support for the trans-Atlantic alliance, I would just add that, although admittedly a tangential matter for this book, the dependence upon the efforts of European continental powers to make up the whole alliance of northern hemisphere democracies is pivotal.
I believe passionately that a European dimension to sea based air already exists and should be further exploited - CDG is a single but highly capable fixed wing platform which demonstrates its interoperability with the USN regularly. It already has Cats and Traps and is nuclear powered in stark contrast to the under equipt QE Class!

Anyway, I don't want to take anything away from an excellent book which should be staff-course reading across the UK armed services.

Commander Paul Fisher