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  1. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    2:51Why three-star reviews can offer useful criticismChapter
  2. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    6:35Book reviews help readers choose, even when authors disagreeNotable Point
  3. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    2:26:27Reviewing books written by friends fairlyNotable Point
  4. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    1:47:33A guide to Italian heavy cruisersChapter
  5. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    1:58:47Far Distant Ships and Canada's wartime navyChapter
  6. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:08:19Reading Churchill and Sea Power criticallyChapter
  7. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:11:43Three starting points for World War II naval strategyChapter
  8. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:13:37A starting book for British light fleet carriersQ&A
  9. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:18:39Lepanto and the unusual sovereignty of the Order of MaltaChapter
  10. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:35:08Baltic convoys and disguised British tradeChapter
  11. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    3:01:21Choosing books for public discussionNotable Point
  12. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    26:27The Steep Atlantic on convoy life and wartime careersChapter
  13. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    50:17Hitler's Secret Commandos on German midget submarinesChapter
  14. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    1:35:35Before the Battlecruiser connects design and later serviceChapter
  15. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    2:06:34The Battle of Midway opens with the Hashirajima fleetChapter
  16. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    2:16:51Reading Japanese Destroyer Captain as a personal sourceQ&A
  17. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    2:46:54Admirals on Samuel Hood's path to commandChapter
  18. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:17:23Happy Odyssey and Adrian Carton de WiartQ&A
  19. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    1:12:30Why the channel discusses only books it recommendsQ&A
  20. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    1:27:25How to keep a specialist-history reading list fairQ&A
  21. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    2:39:08How rereading and teaching turn books into usable knowledgeQ&A
  22. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    4:28:05Reading beyond D. K. Brown on early steam warshipsQ&A
  23. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    4:34:25A starting book for 1960s Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
  24. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    58:46A reading recommendation for the US military after VietnamQ&A
  25. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:11:55A guide to the French fleet from 1870 to 1918Chapter
  26. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:43:01Why Washington Naval Conference politics needs several booksQ&A
  27. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:44:53The missing joined-up history of the Italian fleetQ&A
  28. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    2:05:38A Harry Bennett naval-history reading guideNotable Point
  29. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    2:15:49HMS London across cruiser service and imperial retreatChapter
  30. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    2:58:26Finding Royal Navy history of the Korean WarQ&A
  31. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    3:14:44Mediterranean Fleet planning before the Second World WarChapter
  32. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:32:39Britain and Rome connects invasion, debt, and political ambitionNotable Point
  33. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:50:20Pirate Queens examines piracy as a social escapeNotable Point
  34. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:02:02A midshipman's war told through repeated survivalNotable Point
  35. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:34:37How Alistair MacLean's naval service shaped his fictionNotable Point
  36. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:43:30A Panzer IV guide combines Normandy history with model-building detailNotable Point
  37. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:52:51The M60 guide turns technical specification into modelling evidenceNotable Point
  38. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    3:00:27Panther strength on paper concealed poor readinessNotable Point
  39. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    3:07:39British Escort Destroyers is a guide to Hunts, Towns, and conversionsNotable Point
  40. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    59:00A fictional example of situational leadershipNotable Point
  41. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:19:33The years behind a naval history monographQ&A
  42. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:30:25Leadership judged in its historical settingChapter
  43. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    2:01:38Andrew Cunningham's leadership in A Sailor's OdysseyChapter
  44. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:30:55Titanic counterfactuals as historical methodNotable Point
  45. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:37:05John Wenlock and the machinery of the Wars of the RosesNotable Point
  46. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:47:40A concise guide to Atlantic and Mediterranean naval battlesNotable Point
  47. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:51:45Edmund of Cornwall and power behind the crownNotable Point
  48. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    2:00:30Building and improving Age of Sail ship modelsNotable Point
  49. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    18:22Where to read about the Elbing-class torpedo boatsQ&A
  50. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    1:01:11Two routes into British shipbuilding historyChapter
  51. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    2:07:11Reading The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier criticallyChapter
  52. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    7:30Reading the July Crisis through naval and strategic historyQ&A
  53. So You Want To Write A History Book?
    9:55Reviews and professional reputation shape a book's receptionNotable Point
  54. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    8:15Indian Ocean trade beyond the familiar empiresChapter
  55. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    40:06Japanese carrier choices in an alternate Pacific WarChapter
  56. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:35:45Anson's Navy and the infrastructure behind a fleetChapter
  57. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:18:43French Warships in the Age of Steam and uneven executionChapter
  58. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:42:05Tribals, Battles and Darings on destroyer design and diplomacyChapter
  59. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    3:02:00World Naval Review 2022 as an expert fleet surveyChapter
  60. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    3:14:32Kaiser's Cruisers and the High Seas Fleet's 1918 endgameChapter
  61. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    19:24Why a historian can publish without claiming research is finishedNotable Point
  62. The Art of Longsword Fighting with a Special Guest: A Book or Two to Review (35)
    0:41A longsword manual meant to be usedChapter
  63. The Art of Longsword Fighting with a Special Guest: A Book or Two to Review (35)
    5:07Different traditions test a foundation manualNotable Point
  64. The Art of Longsword Fighting with a Special Guest: A Book or Two to Review (35)
    33:55A foundation book to use alongside instructionChapter
  65. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    8:38Why Convoy makes SC 122 and HX 229 matterChapter
  66. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    23:22Why SC 122 and HX 229 need not be a turning pointQ&A
  67. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    34:30Assessing The Royal Navy and the War at SeaQ&A
  68. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    1:48:13Reference books for First World War British cruisersQ&A
  69. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    2:53:03Battle on the Breeze and the British Pacific FleetChapter
  70. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    4:18:43War Behind Enemy Lines on special forces and strategyChapter
  71. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    8:31Roman Britain through conquest and revoltChapter
  72. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    14:06A research gap around China's overseas fishing fleetQ&A
  73. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    18:23Quiberon Bay and Hawke's fighting spiritChapter
  74. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    31:07A rich U-boat history that needs its counterpartChapter
  75. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    38:47King John, Henry III and the Lincoln campaignChapter
  76. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    47:57A broad guide to the Royal Navy's warChapter
  77. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    57:00Why no Spanish Navy book is recommended yetQ&A
  78. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:00:23Where to start on the Dutch navy in the East IndiesQ&A
  79. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:01:03David Hobbs as a British carrier-history starting pointQ&A
  80. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:02:00Two Courtiers tests who survived BosworthChapter
  81. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:21:03Nelson's Navy through objects and frigatesChapter
  82. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:28:29Savonarola, the French invasion and Medici collapseChapter
  83. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:36:35Hetzer as history and modelling referenceChapter
  84. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:42:14Justinian II, Carthage and Byzantine recoveryChapter
  85. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:48:05War games against the U-boat threatChapter
  86. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:51:38Osprey Campaign books as concise starting pointsQ&A
  87. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:53:35Greece Against Rome and the Hellenistic kingdomsChapter
  88. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:00:38New Zealand's battlecruiser as public spectacleChapter
  89. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:06:36Bar Kokhba begins with Hadrian's mobile empireChapter
  90. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:15:26The Usurpers tests King Stephen's titleChapter
  91. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:26:23Royal Mysteries compares the falls of Edward II and Richard IIChapter
  92. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:35:29The Azores as an Atlantic strategic hingeChapter
  93. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:45:52Shipwreck history as a family debateNotable Point
  94. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:51:02American tanks through design, production and combatChapter
  95. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    2:58:13Two books on naval aviation's wartime evolutionChapter
  96. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    3:15:02Riverine warfare lacks a single general historyQ&A
  97. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    0:20A reader's guide to Nicholas Tracy's Quiberon Bay studyChapter
  98. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    4:08How the book builds from context to battle and empireNotable Point
  99. A Book or Two to Review (33): The World's Merchant Fleets 1939
    0:23A reference guide to the world's merchant fleets in 1939Chapter
  100. A Book or Two to Review (33): The World's Merchant Fleets 1939
    15:57A long-term reference for merchant-shipping researchChapter
  101. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    0:20A compact, well-illustrated route into the naval warNotable Point
  102. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    2:19A Royal Navy-centred survey of the warChapter
  103. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    14:26Reading an overview alongside specialist historyNotable Point
  104. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    16:17A fast, usable introduction to the naval warChapter
  105. A Book or Two to Review (31):
    9:48A lively, journalistic history of CanarisChapter
  106. A Book or Two to Review (31):
    21:27Why the Canaris biography is worth readingNotable Point
  107. A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 1940
    0:20A Norway campaign history built from Royal Navy recordsChapter
  108. A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 1940
    8:04Following British preparations through force recordsNotable Point
  109. A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 1940
    17:22Working with reproduced records between archive visitsChapter
  110. A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 1940
    18:36Using published archives to plan deeper researchChapter
  111. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    0:30What Michael Alpert's naval history offersChapter
  112. A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time
    0:02Two staff histories of JutlandChapter
  113. A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time
    16:31Suppressing Harper's review and protecting BeattyNotable Point
  114. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    0:21A Tiger memoir and the production questionChapter
  115. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    11:40An unexpectedly valuable first-hand accountNotable Point
  116. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    14:34Combat testimony and the regimes behind the warNotable Point
  117. A Book or Two to Review (26): How to Survive in Medieval England
    0:23A practical guide to medieval lifeChapter
  118. A Book or Two to Review (26): How to Survive in Medieval England
    8:46Why Toni Mount's book earns a recommendationChapter
  119. A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I
    0:24Justinian as a ruler who directed rather than commandedChapter
  120. A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I
    16:45Why the book's complexity is part of its valueNotable Point
  121. A Book or Two to Review (23): Rome's Great Eastern War
    0:16A guide to Rome's eastern expansionChapter
  122. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    1:21How friendship factors into the reviewNotable Point
  123. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    2:05The book's scope and illustrationsChapter
  124. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    17:29History does not move in a straight lineNotable Point
  125. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    18:32Test historical and political claims beyond the catchphraseNotable Point
  126. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune
    20:08Who Favourite of Fortune is forNotable Point
  127. Bruships 48: Reading History
    3:36:22Reviewing a book by someone you knowQ&A
  128. Four Random Books 32: Medieval
    0:20Four books for approaching medieval warfareChapter
  129. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    10:09A Mediterranean naval-history survey through decisive battlesChapter
  130. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    49:12What does March to the South Atlantic cover?Q&A
  131. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    58:14Warrior route clearance and extraction during Operation PimlicoChapter
  132. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    1:08:32Jeremy Bowen's account of reporting from GroznyChapter
  133. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    1:27:09Harry Patch remembers the advance at PasschendaeleChapter
  134. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    0:41Kursk beyond the tank-battle labelChapter
  135. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    4:39A balanced history of KurskNotable Point
  136. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    9:40Tank Men's campaign-wide structureChapter
  137. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    12:24Tank Men as an entry pointNotable Point
  138. Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II
    11:40Destroyer memoirs preserve the officer's operational viewNotable Point
  139. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    8:13Royal Navy battle summaries as operational learning documentsNotable Point
  140. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    13:47Reading Clark Reynolds's fast-carrier history as an overviewNotable Point
  141. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    3:14A varied naval-history book selectionChapter
  142. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    7:35Britain and the Ocean Road for maritime beginningsNotable Point
  143. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    15:36Royal Navy Eastern Waters and carrier availabilityChapter
  144. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    30:23British naval intelligence: a rich but demanding readNotable Point
  145. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    42:24Essex-class carriers from wartime fleet to jet eraChapter
  146. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    52:29Marriott's photographs make naval history accessibleQ&A
  147. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:10:07The Kaiser's U-boat assault on AmericaChapter
  148. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:28:14A technical guide to Second World War U-boatsChapter
  149. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:42:54Warships after Washington as an interwar guideChapter
  150. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:52:34Brief Soldati coverage in the treaty-era booksQ&A
  151. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:58:44Nelson's guns in Warships after WashingtonQ&A
  152. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:00:23Warships after London and the logic behind designsChapter
  153. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:06:28Comparing navies reveals the assumptions behind their shipsQ&A
  154. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:12:24Where Roskill fits in interwar readingQ&A
  155. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:44:37Whitley's World War II Cruisers is useful but needs checkingQ&A
  156. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    3:19:49Boyd's naval-intelligence history and crowded notesQ&A
  157. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    0:48Julian Thompson's amphibious-command perspective on DunkirkNotable Point
  158. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    4:20Using selected eyewitness voices as historical evidenceNotable Point
  159. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    9:00Why the East Mole became an evacuation lifelineNotable Point
  160. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    11:22Correcting the Royal Navy's 1940 destroyer distributionNotable Point
  161. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    12:20RAF interception over Dunkirk and the home-defence reserveNotable Point
  162. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    45:54Richard Winters as leadership readingQ&A
  163. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:11:40Reading Machiavelli beyond The PrinceQ&A
  164. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:44:22Reading on Patton and BradleyQ&A
  165. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:27:55Reading on Repulse and Prince of WalesQ&A
  166. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:56:44Is Rules of the Game worth reading?Q&A
  167. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:58:55Andrew Lambert's Admirals as naval-leadership readingQ&A
  168. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:11:46Choosing among Norman Friedman's naval booksQ&A
  169. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:20:27Richard Woodman on Arctic convoysQ&A
  170. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:21:02Naval-fiction reading recommendationsQ&A
  171. Four Random Books 6: War At Sea
    5:22An accessible visual overview of war at seaChapter
  172. Four Random Books 6: War At Sea
    12:07A naval atlas for seeing the war in spaceChapter
  173. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    31:16Comparing Midway histories through their sourcesQ&A
  174. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    47:57A starting book for the Royal Canadian NavyQ&A
  175. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:03:31What Jane's Fighting Aircraft offers a new aviation readerNotable Point
  176. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:07:44Fred Jane's British Battle Fleet as institutional historyNotable Point
  177. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:50:51Why specialist naval-history books become expensiveQ&A
  178. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:19:39How historians layer reference works and later interpretationsNotable Point
  179. Four Random Books 5: Destroyers
    0:05A destroyer officer’s account of the Bismarck huntChapter
  180. Four Random Books 4: Warship Design
    0:40A Grand Fleet design reference worth browsingChapter
  181. Four Random Books 4: Warship Design
    5:21Specialist design histories and the archival recordNotable Point
  182. Four Random Books 4: Warship Design
    12:13A technical history of British warship designChapter
  183. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    0:35Sea Flight and the Fleet Air Arm's global warChapter
  184. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
  185. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    8:00Swordfish, Taranto and carrier-landing cultureNotable Point
  186. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    10:49Naval Wings: a Swordfish pilot's wider warChapter
  187. Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson
    3:55A deep survey of the Royal Navy, 1649-1815Notable Point
  188. Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson
    5:28A readable history of the naval war, 1793-1815Chapter
  189. Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson
    8:15Reading lively naval history with an eye on its referencesNotable Point
  190. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    12:08The War That Never Was: a detailed World War III studyNotable Point
  191. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    36:30A reference for Fleet Air Arm squadron historiesChapter
  192. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    43:34British aircraft specifications as design evidenceChapter
  193. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:04:14John Roberts's Destroyer Cossack in close detailChapter
  194. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:12:41Tracing postwar Fleet Air Arm aircraft by serialChapter
  195. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:18:27Reconstructing interwar Fleet Air Arm units and markingsChapter
  196. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:29:01Mapping the Second World War at seaChapter
  197. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:37:20A day-by-day chronology of the naval warChapter
  198. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:52:06U.S. aircraft carriers through plans and profilesChapter
  199. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:03:41Reading the Royal Navy China Station through peopleChapter
  200. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:05:34How family ties formed a Royal Navy officer classNotable Point
  201. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:07:58Jutland letters preserve professional memoryNotable Point
  202. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:16:11Battle-class destroyers as a crowded general-purpose designChapter
  203. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:23:08A caveat on Fighters over the FleetQ&A
  204. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:25:17A starting book for the Dreadnought eraQ&A
  205. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:27:48Reading the design tradeoffs behind British cruisersChapter
  206. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:31:37Two books for the big picture of World War II at seaQ&A
  207. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:33:18British submarine development between the world warsChapter
  208. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:41:02Design references for Allied coastal forcesChapter
  209. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:46:55A starting reference for the Austro-Hungarian NavyQ&A
  210. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:49:08Coastal-force weapons, camouflage, and layoutsChapter
  211. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:50:34How to use Breyer's battleship referenceQ&A
  212. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:54:56Reading the American Civil War through photographsChapter
  213. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:58:50A balanced introduction to the Imperial Japanese NavyChapter
  214. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:02:41A modern starting book on Rome's warsQ&A
  215. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    7:02Reading military history beyond a neat storyChapter
  216. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    11:51War Stories and the correspondent's viewNotable Point
  217. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    50:34Stephen Ambrose as a starting point, not the last wordNotable Point
  218. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:09:08Wild Blue and the cost of daylight bombingChapter
  219. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:17:36Does Wild Blue have historical problems as well?Q&A
  220. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:13:21A recommended ship history of HMS RodneyQ&A
  221. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    10:22A commander's-eye history of the China StationChapter
  222. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    21:02Robert Leckie's Pacific War memoirNotable Point
  223. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    31:01Why Operation Epsom deserves attentionNotable Point
  224. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    40:35Why militaries choose particular small armsNotable Point
  225. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    44:26Communications in global maritime partnershipsNotable Point
  226. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    49:29The Blackburn Buccaneer in technical detailNotable Point
  227. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:02:50A history of predicting the future of warNotable Point
  228. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:14:23Following the Anglo-German naval raceChapter
  229. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:29:20British submarine design across two world warsChapter
  230. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:44:16A close reference for Allied coastal forcesChapter
  231. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:47:31Where to study the Pollen-Dreyer fire-control debateQ&A
  232. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:57:42A visual guide to the wartime Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
  233. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:31:21A 1940 snapshot of naval strategic thoughtNotable Point
  234. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:43:10Brassey's annuals as design and fleet snapshotsChapter
  235. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:58:16Where to begin researching Moosbrugger at OkinawaQ&A
  236. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:00:16Fraser and the Battle of North CapeNotable Point
  237. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:10:12Engineering history in naval-architecture transactionsNotable Point