Published in 1981, Russell Spurr’s “A Glorious Way to Die” chronicles the final sortie of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s pride, the battleship Yamato. Inter-weaved in
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Book Review: Battleship Musashi by Akira Yoshimura
Also known as Build the Musashi! – The Birth and Death of the World’s Greatest Battleship. My basic policy is to not review books that
Book Review: War at Sea in the Age of Sail by Bernard Ireland
There are many books on the history of the Napoleonic Era and the naval battles fought between the British Royal Navy and its opponents. These
Book Review: The Good War – An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel
I was first introduced to this book when I received it in the mail the summer prior to my freshman year in college. Our “summer
Book Review: War at Sea – A Naval Atlas 1939-1945 by Marcus Faulkner
There’s untold numbers of single-volume historical narratives of WWII in its entirety. Like many, I’m frustrated by the lack of good maps in many history
Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
Note: Joshua Slocum’s circumnavigation aboard the Spray definitely deserves an entire post of its own, so this post will be focused on the memoir itself.
