The Royal Navy at War, published in 1941, offers a contemporary account with photographs of cruisers involved in the campaign. Paul Beaver's anniversary history provides a more recent introduction to the Battle of the River Plate and its participants. Peter Hore's biography of Henry Harwood adds the interwar career and experience that help explain the officer who commanded the British force. Stephen Roskill's strategic studies offer another perspective on sea power and the war. Disagreement with an author's conclusions does not erase a book's value as evidence of the time in which it was written.
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Wartime accounts and biographies behind the River Plate history
Wartime books, an anniversary history, and Harwood's biography offer different ways to study the campaign, its officers, and contemporary views of sea power.