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The Darkest Hour, Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet

October 12, 2022AdminBook Reviews, Booksbook reviews, books, Charles C. Kolb, Michal A Piegzik

By Michał A. Piegzik Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. The initial volume in this two-part work, The Darkest Hour, Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Opening Moves, was reviewed by me and published in Thursday Tidings on 1 September 2022: navyhistory.org/2022/08/the-darkest-hour-volume-1-the-japanese-naval-offensive-in-the-indian-ocean-1942-the-opening-moves/. The concluding volume became available on

To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth, The Epic Hunt for the South’s Most Feared Ship
– and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War

October 5, 2022AdminUncategorizedbook reviews, books, john grady, Phil Keith, Tom Clavin

By Phil Keith with Tom Clavin, Hanover Square Press [HarperCollins], (2022) Reviewed by John Grady “To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth” is one of the best works aimed at a general audience on the naval aspects of the Civil War. Phil Keith and Tom Clavin have brought back to life one of the most

Norman’s Corner: Speaking to Admiral Rickover

September 29, 2022AdminNorman PolmarAdmiral, history, Hyman, naval, navy, News, Norman, Norman Polmar, nuclear, Polmar, Rickover, story

By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar, author, analyst, and consultant in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) Soon after I went to work for Navy Times in late 1959, the editor-in-chief, John Slinkman, came over to my desk and

Norman’s Corner: Tom Clancy

September 29, 2022AdminNorman Polmarbloggers, guest bloggers, naval historical foundation, naval history, naval institue, Norman Polmar, norman polmar's corner, Tom Clancy, writers

By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the seventeenth in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar—author, analyst, and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) In July 1983 a friend asked my wife, Beverly, and me to attend a bar-b-q at his home. Among the few others

Short Sunderland: the “Flying Porcupines” in the Second World War

September 13, 2022AdminBook Reviews, BooksAndrew Hendrie, book review, books, Captain Richard Dick

By Andrew Hendrie; Pen and Sword, Barnsley, UK, (2022). (Reprint) Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Andrew Hendrie’s Short Sunderland is a comprehensive operational portrait of the most famous British World War II maritime patrol aircraft. The author’s impressive research briefly covers the aircraft’s development, entry into service, production, and modification, and particularly its

When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945

September 6, 2022AdminBook ReviewsBarrett Tillman, book reviews, books, chuck good1 Comment

By Barrett Tillman, Osprey (2022) Reviewed by: Capt. Chuck Good, USN (Ret.) Much ink has been spilled over the years on how wars begin, and almost as much on the treaties and negotiations which formally signal their end and dictate their terms. At Dawn We Slept and The Guns of August remain classics on how

The Darkest Hour, Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Opening Moves

August 29, 2022AdminUncategorizedbook reviews, books, Charles Kolb, Michal Piegzik

By Michał A. Piegzik Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Readers won’t confuse this book, just published in the Asia @ War Series No. 31 (Warwick, England: Hellion and Company Limited, 2022) with similar titles: The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond (New York: Scholastic Press, 2016) is an espionage novel about women in World

The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II

August 24, 2022AdminBook Reviewsbooks, books reviews, Ed Calouro, Edward Farley Aldrich

By Edward Farley Aldrich, Guilford, CT: Stackpole Books, (2022). Reviewed by Ed Calouro When he first set out to write The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II, author Edward Farley Aldrich did not plan to write a dual biography. His original intention was to focus on the

Harwich Submarines in the Great War: The First Submarine Campaign of the Royal Navy in 1914

August 16, 2022AdminBook Reviewsbook reviews, books, Capt. Richard Dick, Mark Harris

By Mark Harris; Helion, Warwick, UK, (2021). Reviewed By Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Harwich Submarines in the Great War is the detailed story of the 1914 British overseas submarine campaign. “Detailed” really does not do the author justice. Mark Harris’s research is little short of astonishing. He has plumbed British, German, and French archives,

Mourning the Loss of Captain Paul X. Rinn USN (Ret.)

August 9, 2022AdminUncategorizedCaptain Paul X Rinn

The Naval Historical Foundation mourns the loss of Capt. Paul X. Rinn, an individual who embraced history as Surface Warfare Officer, a factor that likely contributed to the survival of his ship – the guided missile frigate Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) – when she hit an Iranian-laid mine on April 14, 1988 in the Persian

Blue Angels: Decades, 1946-1955. 1. Vol. 1. 8 vols.

August 9, 2022AdminBook Reviewsbook reviews, books, Matthew J Garretson, Sydney M Willis

By Matthew J Garretson, Friends of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL (2021). Reviewed by Ens. Sydney M. Willis, USN Blue Angels Decades Vol: 1 is a comprehensive history of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, through the view of primary documents in their archives. The book transforms a collection of documents into a coherent

U.S. Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today

August 9, 2022AdminBook Reviewsbook reviews, books, Jeff Shultz, Ken W Sayers

By Ken W. Sayers, McFarland Publishing (2021). Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Ken Sayers’s U.S. Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today provides a thorough look at the multitude of patrol vessels from the mid-19th century USS Michigan to the modern Cyclone-class which have served the United States Navy in

Cats in the Navy

August 2, 2022AdminBook ReviewsApollo Cobbins, book reviews, books, Cats in the Navy, Sonny Masso

Reviewed by Rear Admiral Sonny Masso USN (RET) and Mr. Apollo Cobbins As the Executive Director of the Naval Historical Foundation, I receive scores of wonderful books on a fairly frequent basis to send out to our team of volunteers to read and write book reviews for publication in our Thursday Tidings Naval Historical Foundation

Homecomings

July 31, 2022AdminBook Reviews, Booksbook reviews, books, laura bogan, sydney willis

Reviewed by Ens. Sydney M. Willis, USN Homecomings is a collection of photos of the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. This book is primarily comprised of photographs sprinkled with anecdotes, poems, and descriptions providing background for the photos. Laura Bogan is the officially licensed Navy photographer for the Blue Angels and their affiliated

Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and Mediterranean

July 26, 2022AdminBook Reviews, Booksbook reviews, books, Jeff Schultz, Leo Marriott

Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Leo Marriott’s Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and Mediterranean offers a brief glimpse of select naval engagements involving the Royal Navy engaged against their major European foes, the Italian and German fleets. Marriott is an established author with multiple books about a range of military, naval,

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