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Book reviews: Round-up by SB Kelly
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JUTLAND 1916
Nigel Steel and Peter Hart
Cassell, GBP 25
The clash between the Royal Navy's grand fleet and the German high
seas fleet was the largest maritime battle of the First World War.
Through the deft use of written reminiscence and oral history the two
authors present an almost cinematic account, counterpoising poignant
details with jingoistic fervour for a conflict both sides expectantly
nicknamed "the apocalypse". A Pyrrhic British victory - they lost
over twice as many men - it was nonetheless, the authors argue, a
significant strategic success, preventing the Germans breaking our ...
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