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Top Customer Reviews: The Vikings and ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 21 ratings
4 / 5
This was the history a lot writing of a viking was, that gives the good overview of his invasions and exploitation
4 / 5
Ossia the university student paper in a verification of data in historical literature, no the history of Viking wars.
BORING, BORING, BORING
4 / 5
Ossia an interesting, and in timing the fascinating, book although it could not help that it asks was mistitled. A book is strongly Characterises inspired by Halsall is 'Warfare and Society in a Barbaric West 450-900' and inform his quite explicitly the number of time. This in spite of, and in spite of some overlap, a period that Philip Line extracted is 'the Vikings and his enemies' of 750 to 1100. A point here is that, in time, has had an impression that this book was the bit mistitled reason was quite more roughly 'warfare in north Europe' and a lot always centred in a Vikings they.

To be just, this in spite of, an author a point that Viking warfare has not been full stop or remarkable in any way coffins one and ossia a reliance in his ships of longitude as it gave them the enormous goodness in of the terms of mobilities and left to do unexpected strikes. It has said of another way,, has had no such thing as 'Viking warfare' except ways very looked to direct warfare by means of everything of North Europe, comprising Inghilterra, Country of Galles and Ireland. Tip in detail that they were generally more interested plunders and esoft' objective, with the churches and the monasteries that is particularly prised, more than attacking well has defended some. Besides, one of some goodnesses of this book in a one of Halsall is that has the section in of the ships and naval warfare. Another goodness, of course, is that it is published the decade later.

While ossia the lovely book , is also difficult to read. It is frequently descriptive more than analytical and often also law like the compilation, date it join impression that an author there is crammed in like this content to the equal that could, sometimes in a cost of a clarity of his narrative. A the question has associated is that an author in time tries to speak some theses of leading authors but without fully presenting them. A corollary is that to follow his line of has thought, can require know of then is informing to. This can be problematic in time for the book that belongs to the collection that is aimed purportedly in a like this-called 'general reader' and is a main reason to estimate this book four stars, ossia slightly less than Guy Halsall rid in spite of a last when being older and no like this comprehensible.
5 / 5
A book would qualify like the scholarly work and comprises interesting material, but there is the few questions.
1. One and-the book is the disaster . Some maps can not be missing and is main in a sample of INTERIOR of the LOOK. A map is lateralmente and calm can does not turn if yours using the computer (perhaps in the Kindle). A ebook costs almost as well as the hard copy and is certainly overpriced so that it is. Purportedly an original edition was has organised better. Skyhorse The editors apparently specialises in of the cutting corners.
2. For in fact content, can take the decent copy any fact for Skyhorse, an indication would be 4 STARS . A book is excellent for this investigation to do and well has noted. For those with the random interest in a subject, this rids is not for you.
3. A the serious question is that an author informs to the number of commitments, but a reference is so only to that applies to this section of a book. If you are not familiarised with a battle or seat his examination is almost worthless. Possibly it has had the section or the chapter that details that is known roughly each one that like this of these battles helps a lot of. Although has material of good reference in your library, like some books of encyclopaedic type in of the Mediaeval battles, will not cover a majority of these. So many, when another mentions like a cavalry can be been deployed in so much and like this battles or some another facet of a battle, really does not mean the plot if yours any familiar with a chance. Like an example will mention a known good chair of Parigi in 884-885 in two or three chapters but if this chair is not to know your certainly does not mean too much says calm in a situate a Vikings could not have had like a lot of men so many in a saga, and then to somewhere more mentions arms to seat sure can be be use. It is the question More the add when it covers chance like a chair of the anger and few sources mention anything in the spent there and calm so only said one or two things in a chair without background.
Some there is complained a lot of some discharges to content some enemies of a Vikings, but concealed is not the question - is a title ! He the good work in covering several appearances of as Vikings and his war of enemy focused, in spite of some weaknesses have mentioned. Again, ossia for which want to or require something lovely scholar and have the good fund. If your just looking for the history of one was and the one who past, this is not a book for you. If yours interested in as and reason the things was done probably and one researches a later, then a book is Very Good.
4 / 5
In that modified that the little doctorales dissertations for way of students of the history behind when, has the plot of valid data, but, for me at least, has not been an easy bed. Yes, I can research date and of the places but, of a rodeo, has expected the synopsis for a common normal Viking down. In general, I have been disappointed. It is information has wanted but in the format has not expected or desire.
4 / 5
This pound say the one who a title dictate it will say you. It concealed it is not always a chance. If you want to know understand and verse in some subjects of Viking warfare and has related subjects in of the Dark Ages-in-to early Mediaeval Europe, ossia a place .
The line speaks frequently and at length a difficulty with sources and, for implication, a difficulty with sure current views of some subjects. It is good to listen the writer that says is not going besides his sources and reasons feels can no.
Peter Morris in an Age of Arthur says that several sources are to be believed reasons the audience of the contemporary writer would have known yes was wrong and a writer the nave known the. The line done a chance that some writers have been influenced for a need to look literary, familiar with classical Latin, has loved to return the interior seen Christian, was familiarised with classical texts in several subjects, has loved to please some noble, and in several ways have had reasons to be a lot totally attentive. And some the contemporary sources are writing the earliest sources. Like this, the line is provisional where is pertinent.
Like teaching me in Benning, the logistical is a key and the line spends time that does a mathematics. The generals have discovered on some millenia that if some types of logistical say you can a lot of something , can no. And he like this spends treats it good to time directly on spending capacity, qualified of load of several animals and carts and streets, rations, and indirectly when it signals out of difficulty an or another campaign there has been because of logistical subjects. This zone of his writing can not be the one who a reader that looks for the action finds to interest. But, in a real world, say when will have action and when no.
Differs with an earlier description in that a coverage of campaigns other villages and the armies attack me like this useful. It offers context and contrast. Besides, like the picture of as the things were both inside Northwestern Europe and far afield, ossia useful although a reader does not think is totally on point.
Of then thinks that knows roughly that a Nordic has thought in Valhalla, has been surprised to find like scanty some sources and the references were, and as confusing and contradictory was. As well as possibly informing to something more totally. If, to do an analogy, the interior of historical one thousand quinientos the years gathers to the cosmology structured that late-Twentieth soldate of Century have thought of a afterlife, he basing so only in a poem "Fiddler Green" and his occasional references, this would be infinitely better sourcing that in fact have for Valhalla. They are sure diverse random occurences of a mysterious "calm See you on a zone of drop, bro," or " it sees calm in a point of rally," it could be fact in. "Final PCS" it could it has to that be discarded like this entirely useless.
The line mentions the number to time that a Vikings was interested often in of the soft aims. A dead plunderer enjoys any spoils. This can apply more than smaller, unremarked raids. When Viking The armies have directed for Viking king or other remarkable struggled, was mainly to take or defend territory that does his very different of the his no-Viking contemporaries. This in spite of, some of some main campaigns looked how were raids writ big. If, in that received the one who suffices Danegeld, a Danes is home state, a line blurs among conventional war of a time and chance of the manually armed flight gigantic.
Is convenient to read this book in Kindle with clean access to the equal that can look for any number of subjects some references of author which can be new to a reader, or so that a reader can love additional details. There are a lot of occasions.
A good book immensely resourced and lovely reading for any any one sees further some operatic agreements and some soap operas with spades at present in writings.
4 / 5
One has to that read if one is interested in a Vikings, Inghilterra punctual, and a Vikings penetration in Europe and elsewhere. Ossia The good book researched and adds light adds to this period of history. It speaks a lot of appearances of a Vikings no very known to readers of this era. If one appreciates historical novels of this period, ossia an indispensable book .
4 / 5
With that an author could not write on could very included that has interesting writing. The guess has been expecting roughly real folk histories of descendants of Vikings.
5 / 5
A lot informative and highly recommended. Tugged and was bit it repetitious in of the zones, but in general was a lot of value a course. I have thought a chapter to conclude well summarized an influence of one 'Vikings' in a development of a rest of a lot of Europe, something duquel thinks that little is conscious.
4 / 5
Expected more in a Vikings that the history roughly all the countries and people and his politics.

Top Customer Reviews: Grey Wolf, Grey ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 48 ratings
5 / 5
Built of interviews with forwards Or-members of crew of the boat, this book contains the wealth partorisca detail roughly life ashore, life on board and some risks and tensions of active service. A book could be improved by an inclusion of data and diagrams of some main Or-classes of boat, and for maps of some operative zones. This in spite of, in the bed that a hard original behind fact a lot of years, does not think these were has not comprised never.

A 5th lacking star purely why a number of typos firmly increases, with a final two chapters that requires some interpretation partorisca decode names, etc. A harm.
5 / 5
Has bought this partorisca my Grandparents those who has said that it was the brilliant book
4 / 5
has been pleased partorisca see a quality of a book, Exactly that there is wanted, a product of excellent quality.
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4 / 5
Exellent seen of some lives of the Or-crew of Boat in sound of World-wide war 2.
5 / 5
Has thought could them law see is the book ,very true the history of life of one Or men of BOOT, some men some brave more this world has not seen never.
5 / 5
Like this thrilling to read so that it is sobering, he fascinating contrives the life on board one Or-Boot. I recommend this book.
5 / 5
Has read the number of Or-crew of Boat memoirs, and found this to be one of a better some. Like this usual, has had to the things would have liked him had been done of differently, but there is enjoyed a book.

=== A Good Material ===

A book contains the plot of dialogue that the doubt is 100 attentive, and to good sure an author has taken the little poetic licence in re-creating roughly of some chances, but for one the majority of part has found a text believable and credible. A material is the good mix of military experiences and more personal, and resist near like the reasonable look in life for the Or-crew of Boat.

While no really called a book pell-compulsory', has resisted my interest, and has given to feel he for both a boredom and sheer terror of life in the Or-Boat. For one the majority of part, some stays of book in a 'grunt' level- no the plot of info in Or-tactical to Bounce or strategies in attacking traffic of trader or escaping of destroyers of enemy. More than a text has been centred around day-to-chance of day of a crew.

=== A No-Like this-Material A lot ===

Probably a question a big plus has had with a book was that it had read other books in a subject same, and like this some of a material was some pocolos soyundane' so only reasons had seen the prime. If this had been a prime minister , or so only, book of this gender I bed, I active estimated it probably main.

=== Rodeo ===

To good sure the good book to lose you in the few hours of life the different time. Some of some histories can dip your hair on embroiders, and give the good feels to a terror of life in the Or-boat. It would have liked him it has liked another material covered- like this tactical of real attack, but recognise that an author had limited probably reason the material was available his.
5 / 5
This book gives a human side and a military side of a German Submarine Or-124 during WW II. That I really found that it interest him was that Donitz maneuvered and has directed one Or-bounced. He not having @@give as 'hands on' was with one Or-bounced. A book is written by means of some eyes of is Kapitanleutnant, Jochen Mohr. That calm @gives is that this man has given all has has had to that a success of Or-124. It has loved his men and everything has has had to that does Germania victorious . The majority of interesting this in spite of, was an author has adapted a reader that these Or-calm bounced them was insulated of some realities 'ugly' of a war. They have been isolated in these Or-bounced. So only they have followed orders of German Chair. Of interest, hips, was some actions of the to to commanders like Mohr when it sank of enemy freighters and has had to survive. This calm book spent inner Or-124, but calm has left you in slope so much to that has directed his
dead.
4 / 5
Like one the one who has spent a Navy uniform for 32 years, finds more the books that describes war in the sea that interest. This book was any exception , although it has had occasional minor glitches when, in of the subsequent paragraphs, without warning or favours, some changes @@@subject totally. In spite of that, a narrative of submarine warfare of one Or-the perspective of boat is interesting. I found it slightly that dips was that some looks of author to portray each member of the each one Or-crew to bounce like the cup 1 type of sailor. Surely a lot all the world in the Or-the crew of boat was uniformly exceptional in the each way.

An efficiency of German torpedoes, compared with a sad history of defective USN torpedoes for a first pair of years with which Pearl the port is frustrating to read, this in spite of clearly attentive.
4 / 5
This book has been written in @1960s, like an author was able to interview some of a surviving crew of a boot (which has been sunk in late 1943), as well as some of some survivors of ships she torpedoed. While there is clearly some dialogue has reconstructed, an author looks for having undermined deeply enough to some facts to leave an air of authenticity. Door a lot of characters a lot coloreados the life, comprising first engineer of boss of a boat. He also recounts an episode of war of estaca interesting. With which Or-124 torpedoed the British freighter, one Or-bounce skipper repaired some survivors' lifeboat, has treated his wounds, has resupplied supplies, and the vector to land. Against a odds, has achieved friendly earth. After a war, one of some survivors has followed down a skipper, and has fulfilled. This was no small feat, so much Or-bounced them has spent any obvious identifier. Or-124 it spent it the small product of edelweiss in his sail, which is resulted to be a clue that has the data was. An importance of a edelweiss is the history in him, which is has said well. Or-124 it was an extremely achieved boot , populated by names like Hardigen and Mohr. In an end, Mohr inability to believe in some capacities of British radar can have condemned. These a lot of adventures are reading very lovely .

Top Customer Reviews: The Battle for ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 33 ratings
5 / 5
A horrendous history of blood and sacrifice partorisca the bone partorisca step partorisca fall join some bombs. The grandparents would owe that ensure his descendants sees some of a horror that ensures partorisca appreciate the one who his forbearers has done partorisca HIS&62;
4 / 5
A good and that the interests read in some a lot of tests and tribulaciones has faced of some Americans in his investigation to retake a Tinian group of island for behind a Japanese occupiers.
5 / 5
Very Researched and presented in the readable format. A bit those that more the maps would have has has cleared explanations of terrain and firefight.
4 / 5
Has begun was quite a lot giving some reasons because some islands of a Marianas has had to be invaded and because such the tiny, insignificant, pocola isolates neeed to be taken but when an invasion spends a history results quite dry with the a lot of designations of units detailed that I bored me prendió so much read.
5 / 5
This book is writing a lot well with the combination to flow the figures and the facts milite has surrounded of a lot of histories of individual harrowing fight. I had it it has finalised it so only the history of a battle for Saipan and these returns to reserve amiably to a global comprising of a campaign for a Marianas. It is readable and enjoyable while joining has complicated details amiably. I.et. A function of some bombardments of Naval Cost, coverage of air, and quite detailed too much roughly the artillery sustains which have found refreshing of this appearance is mentioned often so only of the no. Also included is details on some parties of cost of the landing, pre-invasion RECON, and surgical of boat. Five Stars of me.
4 / 5
Easy bed. We no @to give all this has been to a goodness until a Enola Gay. It has known no a Japanese has had has launched raids of air in an island.
4 / 5
A very detailed account to plan and tactical and deception in of the winners a battle for an island. A bravery of some marine is there is remarked often.
5 / 5
A book was an excellent to follow until the book I bed in a battle for Saipan where a house was in Saipan. A Battle for Tinian the book has resupplied a substance and the detail have touched on for Saipan book. I recommend this book to help round out of a strategy and of the battles for a Marianas.
4 / 5
Rids a lot well in a global battle for Tinian. Any mush in of the Soldate individual but value a bed.
5 / 5
It is trace the destroyer appointed after the Marine Medal of winner of Honour. Has has wanted the knowledge in a battle, where/that is to die etc. Little battle has contested. But brutal and key to Pacific victory.

Top Customer Reviews: Dunkirk: The ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 33 ratings
4 / 5
A history with the difference. More than the sincere he counting again of a historian storylines, this explains a history that is appropriate to Christopher Nolan 2017 film, Dunkirk.

An author, Joshua Levine, was a consultor historical partorisca a film, and mentions the pair of some historical liberties that a film has taken partorisca cinematic purpose. Also it explains at length a purpose of a different timelines has used in a film, and also a total lack of Germans. Simply place, both are like a storyline would be resembled those that mediate at the same time.

British, German, French and Belgian leaderships pocolos after a chance, and down some years have all has used a Dunkirk history partorisca his political purposes. An author explains this sake.

Where was a RAF? This is to explain patiently also... One reasoning that it is that they could not be seen struggling a Luftwaffe on some beaches, precisely reasons struggled elsewhere, or that a Luftwaffe has averted a Dunkirk zone when a RAF has done visit brief been due to some questions of the row of critical fuel has faced the aerodromes have flown of.

A final chapter is poured in a doing of a film, a cinematography, some visual effects (mostly in cameras, any CGI), and a fusion. All these are linked to a historical context.

One a lot enjoyable book.
5 / 5
Ossia An interesting bed in an evacuation of troops of Dunkirk. It gives the plot to detail roughly the but a reason has given a book 4 stars & any 5 has been due to a quantity of details to direct until an evacuation. One first half of a book is a goodness on while I have wanted to know more in an evacuation he.
In spite of, the good bed.
4 / 5
For any interested in history, Dunkirk or to be sincere the one who is the citizen of a world-wide ossia the good bed. Door a famous history of deliverance the life. Both to dip he to historical context (to the equal that has done a BEF takes to this point) and to resupply personalised, histories of character for a reader. Highly recommended!
5 / 5
An interesting and informative book in a build until and an evacuation of Dunkirk comprising commentary in a film. Recommended for historical interest
5 / 5
are fearful could not finalise this bookj. So only the has not been for me.
5 / 5
To the equal that describes, a history for behind a film. It has been expecting a history for behind a chance. Well read this in spite of.
5 / 5
A history superbly writing of a chance the one who different a lot of history is is readable. Ideas really interesting to a development of a film is a prize added.
5 / 5
VERY Any quite that has loved so that too much social history of soldate
5 / 5
says a history of some soldate' point of view; the good bed
4 / 5
Easy to read, abundance and no good of personal experiences

Top Customer Reviews: Sink the ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 37 ratings
5 / 5
An interesting book in a British hunt for a Bismarck
4 / 5
has read this book like the boy in pupil of note. It would owe that it has been it an addition my library. Tank a Bismark is the classical history has based in the fact and some fiction have required. It is now among An Old Man and a Sea and A Newspaper of Anne Frank in my library.
5 / 5
Ossia The fast easy bed for which want to know in an end of a German súper armoured. A book is of a fifies, but a recent reprint gives the fictionalized concept that spent when a German súper armoured ventured was the one of the Atlantic north and has fulfilled his fate. Of then there was little surviving of a ship and almost any of a Hood, C. S. Forester Re-creates That it could be be say. For young adults, ossia the good beds. I have read this he almost done thirty years, and decided to read this again.
For one requiring more information, this is not a book. Law like the novel, but gives an overview of a fight for Atlantic in Second world-wide War. Ossia An easy bed this in spite of.
5 / 5
CS Forester Is the glorious writer and these resplandores by means of in his novelization of a hunting for a Bismarck with which sank HMS Hood. Well lovely reading, door a persecution and subsequent battle in sea among a Bismarck and a Real Navy the vivid life. It combines this with the nonfiction count it and you will have a better of both worlds. A book would not owe that be marked down to be that it is - the novelization. He never alleged to be the dry textbook edition of a chance. Well fact, Gentleman Forester! You lose to you!
4 / 5
Considering an age of a book, is the very very read. An accuracy of some of some 'done' is questionable, when have read accounts later, but the records would not have been like this available to an author to the equal that are today.
Enjoyed it really!
5 / 5
Although an author has imagines that it has been it partorisca board A Bismark, is the book that would have to be read. A history of a British point of view has been, am sure, is corrected historically, but that has been in embroidering it Bismark is view of an author of a battle.

Has to that be read!
4 / 5
Does not create CS Forester has written this short book. It is superficial, hardly modified and resists any comparison with his another work. Law like the treatment of the manager alentador pitching to the producer of film. There is not a lot his substance, does not flow and some characters are two dimensional (perhaps has included so only a dimensional).
Is CSF and wants to read one of his books, tries something more.
A clue is in an Introduction where is to say that it was published previously like ome Last New Days of a Bismark'. Any one looks for having done a unedited precis of an original and the past is was like this for Forester. I seat that one it law editor Essentials - took for the walk.
4 / 5
Has bought this after remarking that there be enjoyed to see a film in television, time with which time. A book is in a same level of detail, but a material is slightly different. There is not any history of human interest inside a Admiralty. Tip a function of human endurance in the Naval commitments that elaborates on several days, with a Bismark the crew that suffers a need to maintain instant readiness for action all this time, and when being much less effective in an end, because of loss of sleep. If have enjoyed a film, calms appearances will find this enjoyable and interesting.
5 / 5
Sadly A Kindle the edition takes everything of some maps that the the quite unsatisfactory read. It would expect that in some phase he Kindle the version adds some maps disappeared. A good bed but some maps have done the number of points that has aimed some difficulties of both some pursued and a pursuers.
5 / 5
Ossia An unusual account of as Bismarck has been hunted down and sunk, in that is written like the novel. This approximation certainly gives the sense of immediacy and 'be there', but feels the little odd. In general, this in spite of, a book is in sure lovely reading good, doing clear so only which approach a race was partorisca prevent a Bismarck evasion, and a bravery there is showed in some actions (notably, attacks for antiquated Swordfish bomber of torpedo) this has helped partorisca ensure his doom.

Top Customer Reviews: The Silent Deep: ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 47 ratings
5 / 5
Disclosure: I write history of Canadian submarine.
Has inhaled This book along roughly the service of submarine of Big Bretagna as it WW2 to a present. It is dense, scholar, and superbly has researched. A Silent Deep house mostly on development of the program of nuclear submarine of Big Bretagna in the extraordinary detail that gives some ideas of reader to some fights among a USN and RN, a politics and RN, and much more, concealed so only is resulting known now.
Fantastic bed for serious naval history buffs, a navies of a world, and political junkies.
4 / 5
A lot of Big history and small histories on some submarines of United Kingdom of then 1945.

Recommends to all interested in a subject.
5 / 5
When Fly of aircraft of Russian Bear around a North Boss and approximation an Or.K. Any time will see abundance of advertising of aircraft of Typhoon of the RAF that mixes to intercept them to ensure the security of a nation. It is work of entity but is a lot home in time for tea and stickies.

Ossia A history of a long game. It is immensely more secretive and some bets are immeasurably main. In the world of theorists of conspiracy and wild speculation roughly secrecy, ossia the book that dips is gone in of the things partorisca detail add which can not finalise like the estaca of Youtube for an end of a day.

Is the long book to do justice to a contributo enormous some frames of Service of the Submarine to ensure that some rests of United Kingdom in some strategic forefront of world-wide subjects. As We 'punch on ours weighed in a world? Ossia A zone where remain of Big Bretagna in an upper distribution of a Prime minister League.

Thoroughly Recommended.
5 / 5
Where to start with this book? It is a lot of writing, has excellent row of accompanying photo and some technicians specs of Real Navy underwater and his Russians counterparts of then 1945. In the way resembled NAM Rodger in his Mandate of an Ocean, some two authors have done the work adds to weave near some different edges of some operational appearances of a Service of Submarine, some political appearances of some decisions partorisca Polaris and Trident as well as a technical history of a different class of bounced. Each one that like this of some chapters is hendido well with a lot of sub-chapters, which ensures that a book does not take monotonous, for example when that describes a difficulty in treating Admiral Rickover or reason he PW2 the reactor has been chosen in the PW1.

A book is a lot of-paced, although occasionally it is noticeable when an author writes a chapter and another another. It concealed it is not also say that one is the worse writer that another, so only different fashions.

A section in a Falkland War, perhaps been due to his 'Hot War' character, particularly interested, and that directs to transmit a human element of a campaign of submarine as well as an operational. Some missions of the cold war also involved in spite of some restrictions of a Law of Official Secrets. For this reason the operational history after a cold War felt the writing of has bitten, but a thorough look to a successor of Trident has on fact for him. Some facts of sure authors one the majority of a cooperation of a Real Navy and his second look all raisin to access to all the parts of service of submarine.

Is difficult to find failure with this book, although the little more the maps would have helped when describing roughly of some operations. This averts, is interested in a politics of a nuclear deterrent, a postwar history of a Service of Submarine or a development of such technologically has advanced pieces of crew, then this book would owe that answer all (or at least the majority) of your questions.
4 / 5
Are still reading this, but A Silent Deep is the a lot of detailed and the history written well that resupplies the fascinating contrives to as Real Navy moved of diesel of low technology/electrical submarines to nuclear submarines - at least a water has been boiled for a reactor (! ) - Dipped to a political panorama and some personal histories of these involved. For example Rickover, the United States Navy admiral the one who has directed an original development of the naval nuclear propulsion and the one who have been to for the help is like the nightmare - was clearly a terrible man and the sociopath. Although without his assistance would have been several years behind. Regarding a special Report' these frames of calm book @harm is so only the esentence' or coverage of consolation trotted has gone by political - some Americans behave exactly to the equal that wish to and to adapt his own ends - a McMahon Law of 1946 this has stipulated that some the EUA would not share the information regarding atomic arms when being so only an example. They are hooked to a history and really is 'a page turner' and are reluctant to dip a book down. Thoroughly Recommended.
5 / 5
Ossia The history adds of a service of submarine of the United Kingdom and especially his floats nuclear. It comprises the wealth of declassified material that clearly tip an enormous political challenge this subject controversial has posed to all the parties by means of his inception to a current day. Also it gives the good idea for an operational part of submarines in a period of war of the estaca and resupplies the fascinating contrives to one was of cold war and also a conflict of Falklands. Considering that a service of Submarine is so only responsible state for our nuclear deterrent for on 40 years, knows little roughly the, some men that do fault, some political machinations of governments of all the colours and these impulses a flange of one goes in this world in the readable way. Some descriptions of some meetings of the cold war particularly is that it interests and also gives the whole different perspective in Falklands clashes
4 / 5
Exceptionally the idea detailed and very researched to a workings of a SSH and SSBN bounced that it protected it this country by means of a cold war and further. A technical and scientific history is very explained as well as some intimate links among a SUN and RN services of submarines, one often main that characters of life in a heart of a program and a politics have involved also.
A cat and game of mouse this is to be touch is gone in one North Atlantic is fascinating. I have maintained all sure.
4 / 5
A book is a lot good and well value the bed.
Is like this in a politics to take some submarines have built likes build and operating a subs.
A politics has bitten is quell'has bitten long, but a rest is a lot good.
Looks such the long time fact, but is fact so only 30 years (obviously hotting on again, but ossia another history ).
5 / 5
This would be necessary to entertain me a bit months of cold winter prójimo a chimney.
The looks is was an old university or book of library but in conditioning a lot good.
Some slighty glued info papers in the map that required to be take a lot attentively but no really @@subject for me, so only the estetic the smallest question.
4 / 5
A very good book. I have listened roughly he on Radio 4 and has touched to interest. Slightly it has daunted when an enormous (850-odd pages) reserves arrival but is writing a lot good and resupplies an excellent account of a history of Real Navy underwater-ing of WW2.
Has been thrilled by some accounts of some meetings of cold war go in Soviet subs and Real Navy underwater where our submarines were generally much calmer and better operated that some Soviet some. Consistently Real Navy I nuclear submarines were shadowing and simulating attacks in of the Russians subs a whole time while his occupants were blissfully subconsci - averts of an odd collision.
Some accounts of a politics and process to try that/ it builds the nuclear submarines were less thrilling but to the still useful information likes them United Kingdom once again is debating if to renew our nuclear submarine deterrent.

Top Customer Reviews: Escape from the ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 40 ratings
5 / 5
It was blown entirely has gone by this history of survival. It could not dip this book down because a history simply is stunning in every aspect. I have left this book that feels both sadness and surprised been due to a sheer level of circumstances roughly of these men have survived by means of (although a dead majority). Highly recommended.
5 / 5
This description is for a hardcover the edition that has measured 9 1/2 X 6 1/4 having 270 pages and 16 pages of photos.
Start with the WW 2 history in an active and successful captain and crew of a submarine Tang the one who suffers the 'incident' of entity with his last torpedo and without spoiling a history, final with an imprisonment of a surviving crew in the Japanese POW camp until final of war.
Ossia That it is has called generally the 'Page-turner' and can not disagree with that at all.
Has begun and has completed a book in the 24 period of now and has LOVED each minute of him.
An instinct of survival of this brave submariners is surprising and with the bit of regime and the plot of knowledge and ingenuity some have survived his incredible ordeal.
Brutal treatment for his Japanese captors has added a lot to his suffering and finally cost the enormous prize for a lot of the, so at the same time and in of the years to come.
My only tiny flu is an A lot of LONG, and in my mostly unnecessary opinion footnotes and the indication that eats respectively 32 and 15 pages this in spite of in spite of this forgivable 'cushioning' an author' way to write and the detail he absolutely riveting reading.
A lot HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
4 / 5
Rids very punctual and as announced ,a very interesting book as I like him to them the books of submarine I really enjoyed a bed .
4 / 5
Low prize, big quality, is announced like this. Have So only good things to say. It would buy here again without worry.
5 / 5
説明が何も無いので、買う時に凄く迷いましたが...
この本は自魚雷で雷撃された米潜水艦タングの、乗組員視点の資料です。

自魚雷での雷撃は他にも事例があったと記憶していますので、このテーマで研究しても
興味深いかもしれませんね。
通常の潜水艦戦史ならば撃沈してしまう所でおしまいなのですが、この資料では生き残った
乗組員が捕虜収容所で終戦を迎える所までちゃんとフォローしています。
大船(?)の捕虜収容所で、警備兵が前を歩く捕虜に対して頭を下げている写真、
捕虜が大喜びしている写真などが載ってます。
POWに関する資料としても興味深いですね。
4 / 5
I have completed so only the phenomenal book (City of Sleeps - a 400 Year Immigrant History of New York) when I have on chosen Evasion of a Deep. Often a book a bed follows an excellent read, tends partorisca be the left down. At all in this chance. I have bed a lot Kershaw books, so that it was really any surprise. Kershaw Says a history of a USS Tang, the submarine sunk in a Beautiful Strait, and an evasion of diverse of his crew. A narrative is taught and takes a reader by means of almost the small saying to minute of a sinking and evasion of 180 feet under a surface of a water. Some survivors of a sinking of a sub was then, of course, has on elected by some Japanese forces and situated to the prison camp where his ordeal continued for several months of plus until an end of a war. Because they were the crew of submarine that sank a lot 'civilians' ships, these survivors have not been the military prisoners have considered, he so that not even it has resupplied it a 'cure' that a resupplied Japanese to soldato POWs. Has the data sustains without final questioning, solitary confinement, multiple beatings, virtually assistance very medical, and malnutrition. In just on 200 pages this is the quite quickly read, and a lovely reading for defenders of history, WWII or nautical histories of survival. Kershaw Does not look never to disappoint.
5 / 5
Like this histories to suffer and the incredible value is exited of a more devastating war in the history and ossia still another well has said. Uniquely It Faces it was a submariners, to take his patrol of potential coffin after patrol boat. It felt he likes was in a room of torpedo of the forward with these 20 or like this men, a smell, a heat, a fear and resolution to fate. I have been attacked by an a lot of the one who was emotionally unable or unwilling to try evasion, the process to scare sure, but with the death takes a so only another option. And some time those that those who has survived, one suffering some Japanese prison camps have to have has left that ask in of the moments, yes has to that be worth it. A capacity of a subhuman consciousness to commit deprave the continuous laws surprise and depress me every time has read roughly sanctioned Japanese and German atrocity, but a value and wins to survive finally wins era. Amazing men.
4 / 5
A writing of good book. I have known Floyd Caverly, one of some members of crew the one who has survived personally, which he even more that it interest for me. An author describes a last mission of a TANG, and a subsequent imprisonment of a bit those that members of crew the one who survived is by train to sink . Incident, but very interesting! Any the one who could wants to learn more roughly Submarine of EUA warfare in a Pacific during WWII would owe that read this book.
5 / 5
My first introduction to this author was by means of Gary Sinise Foundation when it has flown several WWII surviving and familiar members to a ploughing of Some National WWII Museum. An author an amazing work to detail an accident that does not agree never learning. A submarine has been appointed A Tang and his crew was one of a more decorated in a submariner history as of a writing of a book. Alex Kershaw was in fact able to speak to two members of a crew, the one who was a lot the his eighties, and has done the plot to undermine to a past with help of members familiarised and another.
Is hard to express that exactly claves in my alcohol, reason everything of does. These brave men have dared. Perhaps the history would owe that be taught more with books like this more than of the textbook, reason the much more real fact. It would want to go a museum sometime although I am sure he would be a travesía emotional, a would not forget never!
Until then, highly recommends to read books that action on some lives of those in service to our country that can any never be able to thank reason have gone now. This in spite of, can share some histories of these brave men and his families, can be adapted of a big cost our liberties come with and be appreciated more. Alex Kershaw has written other books and I slowly to read more to share with my edges those who love history also! I think the present of Alex to share these histories of the heroes a bit is wonderful to the equal that sometime forget the one who the this of true hero and is not in a society in that alive.
My deep plus thanks to all the one who have, is and do fault in some armed forces!
5 / 5
There be enjoyed to read EVASION of a DEEP A history of a submarine USS TANG in his fifth and last patrol of war. I found it hard to dip down. There are a lot of ships sank , torpedoes that goes a wrong way, Evasion fron one funds of ocean and the prisoner of camp of war for some and of the tombs of ocean for a rest. All long hard months befor some finals of war. I found it the thrilling history.

Top Customer Reviews: Running a Big Ship: ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 3 ratings
4 / 5
A half reader, although it is the naval office , does not go partorisca command never the armoured plate but there is some gold here in a subject of agent the corporate company or any big group of people with the common aim. It averts of that is the fascinating read partorisca any interested in naval history.
5 / 5
A very good book in an in current of HMS Hood pre-war.
5 / 5
Very technical. If it wants to felizmente captain the dreadnought warship during a first half of a 20th century, ossia a text of reference partorisca you! Any a lot of entertainment partorisca read...

Top Customer Reviews: The Tinfish ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 3 ratings
5 / 5
'A Tinfish Career' is a first in the series of three looking a Real British Navy in WW2, for author Ronald Bassett - a lot of another touches 'A Pierhead Jumped and 'Neptuno Landing'.
A house is in some chances on board ship and ashore as we follow main character Signalman 'Group of pressure' Ludd. I have read the plot of naval fiction, and these histories really underline - partorisca dialogue and true atmosphere, realistic and gripping histories, and a right quantity of humour (especially Ludd is and some other marine' misadventures). A harm that these 3 histories are not more amply known and popular. I estimate him among one much more in this gender.
Highly recommended to readers with naval interests, or any to those who could like the really good history on sailor' life in RN during WW2 - rough in a better of time, but with real humanity among a hardship and peril.
Ronald Bassett Real Navy the service informs that has a lot of writing very roughly.
Has the comprehensible glossary of RN the expressions/of words of the sailor in a backside of a book, which will be useful for these unfamiliar with any of them.
5 / 5
Highly it recommends all three 'Tinfish Pursue' books. A lot readable and really takes one is attention . Ossia arguably A better of a three but some other two books in a series are very law also. Clearly written for any the one who is 'been there, the fact concealed'. Only calm can any on Real Navy details as well as Bassett fact.
4 / 5
I highly recommend all three 'Tinfish Pursue' books. A lot readable and really takes one is attention . Ossia arguably A better of a three but some other two books in a series are very law also. Clearly written for any the one who is 'been there, the fact concealed'. Only calm can any on Real Navy details as well as Bassett fact.