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by Donald M. Kehn
My thought's exactly it would have been better a long article somewhere. ]]>
Matt
read and liked
Jim's
review of A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall:
"Although I applaud Kehn's research, I was not overwhelmed by this book. Granted, there was slim documentation, but I kept having the feeling it would have been a much better long article. "
"Although I applaud Kehn's research, I was not overwhelmed by this book. Granted, there was slim documentation, but I kept having the feeling it would have been a much better long article. "
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by Dudley Pope
I have had this on my to read list for a while and finally got it out of the library and thought I liked his Battle of the River Plate but this book is far above that. I have a first edition of Decision of Trafalgar and that will be read over Christmas Break.
Eric_W wrote: "Thanks for the reminder. I remember reading this several years ago and had forgotten to add it to my list. I wrote a review but can't find it in my files. I do remember getting a real sense of ho..."
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73 North is a classic in Naval History. Until reading this book I had read only the few paragraphs that Historians give the Battle of the Barents Sea. Pope's account puts you on the traditional (in WWII) open bridge of a Royal Navy destroyer December 31st 1942 understanding all of the options open to Captain Sherbrooke and they weren't very attractive options. His writing was clear and simple that I could imagine the 33 degree water above the Arctic Circle and I could envision the desperate damage control efforts. This is a must have in the library of any Naval Historian. ]]>
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