"Another masterly book from Nick Jellicoe - fascinating and stimulating covering not just the convoy debate side pieces on U-boat action accounts and technical explanations – very highly recommended."
Peter Wykeham-Martin

"...the lessons that readers learn will stand them in good stead for tackling other kits, and may even give them the courage to try making ship models from scratch." Read the full review [link=https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/book-reviews/reviews-2024/october-2024/top-tips-for-crafty-constructors/]here.[/link]
Nautilus Telegraph - November-December 2024

"It surpasses previous books on this subject, many of which are in any case out of print, and can therefore be considered to fall into the essential category for a wide range of readers. This is especially so in the case of the heavy mountings that form the largest part of the text, illustrations and drawings and, since we are unlikely ever to see their like again, this book may well become the last word on the subject. I thoroughly recommend it." Read the full review [link=https://navalinstitute.com.au/29607-2/]here[/link]
Australian Naval Institute

"Steve Dunn’s research is prodigious and endlessly rewarding. The photographs and diagrams are superb. This is one of those books you approach like a box of luxury chocolates, plucking out the treasures and savouring each bite." Read the full review [link=https://navalinstitute.com.au/steam-yachts-at-war/]here.[/link]
Australian Naval Institute

A recent addition to the Casemate Illustrated Special series. A 240-page hard-cover book. After a neat introduction, the book is divided across 8 chapters. It tackles the topic in a simple chronological sequence, from the background of the pre-dreadnought era and on to the change driven by the appearance of the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought itself. The book takes us through the detail of all 11 classes of US Navy battleship, and the 1 of battlecruisers. Each class is covered, with the development stories, including the context of what other battleships were being built by other countries such as Great Britain, Japan, and Germany. Each class is then described covering elements such as armament, armour protection, propulsion systems, radars and so on. We also get their individual service stories. It became an arms race, with ever increasing size to their main armament. There are of course a lot of super archive images, plus some diagrams showing detail such as the arrangement of the torpedo.. Read more
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