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(More customer reviews)The story of Britain's Navy - the Royal Navy, is not like any other. It is a story which covers more than 1,000 years. During that time, there have been wars, battles, heroes, heroic actions, new designs, new concepts, great ships, great journeys, great discoveries and even greater victories. Set all that against a backdrop of the rise and fall of an immense Empire followed by the modern responsibilities that go with being the head of a Commonwealth of Nations, and the problem in producing any book which sets out to cover the entire subject is easy to identify; Space!
That said, any well presented and carefully thought out review of the entire subject does not have to get bogged down with the minutiae of detail that goes with each of those battles and developments as they occurred.
Robert Jackson is an accomplished writer on Aviation, Military and Naval subjects. Over time I have grown to respect his work simply because I am able to trust his research. In this particular work he provides the reader with an over-view of the History of the Royal Navy which is not only well presented but also well written.
For those who are looking for particular details pertaining to specific wars, actions, people, ships or whatever, they are not likely to be found here. For those, however, who are new to the whole subject of the Royal Navy, I cannot think of a better staring point other than reading this book.
Finally, for those who think they already know a lot about the Royal Navy and are convinced they have progressed beyond this book, have a read. Like me - you just might learn something.
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