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(More customer reviews)Here is a book with structure and content like no other. On Seas Contested is not a single narrative, but rather seven chapters that provide parallel information regarding the major naval powers of World War II: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union. For each one, the outline incorporates pre-war history, mission, command structure, doctrine, ships, aviation, weapon systems, infrastructure and wartime evolution plus a summary and assessment.
Such a compilation would have been beyond the qualifications of any individual author. Accordingly, the editors have entrusted each chapter to one (or more) who can bring to his subject a working knowledge of 60 years' research and reflection. It would be a treat to find such a survey for any individual navy; to find it for seven in parallel is a tour de force.
The book's organization invites jumping among chapters even on first reading and helps make it a useful continuing reference. Even knowledgeable readers will likely find much here that is new. Well done.
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An international team of naval historians and scholars, including John Jordan (France), Peter Schenk with Karsten Klein, Dr. Axel Niestle, Dieter Thomaier and Berndt R. Wenzel(Germany), David Wragg (Great Britain), Enrico Cernuschi and Vincent O'Hara (Italy) Mark Peattie (Japan), Trent Hone (United States) and Stephen McLaughliln (USSR)has pooled their expertise for this definitive reference on how the great navies of World War II were organized and how they trained, operated, and fought. They provide a point-by-point evaluation on the inner workings of the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and the Soviet Union. Each navy has its own chapter, which covers such key features as weaponry, training, logistics, and doctrine. In bringing together data buried in specialized works in various languages, the authors deliver a fresh, multinational view of the naval war.
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