The Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century contains useful studies ranging from 1914 to later peace-support operations. Seven of its eleven chapters concentrate on the Second World War, while Korea, Suez, and the Falklands receive no dedicated treatment. That imbalance does not make the included essays weak, but it narrows what the title seems to promise. Readers can value the individual chapters while recognizing that the collection covers only part of the century in depth.
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A twentieth-century naval history can narrow around one war
The chapter list of a book billed as twentieth-century Royal Navy history shows how easily the Second World War can crowd out Korea, Suez, the Falklands, and other periods.