Clash of Titans: World War II at Sea / War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II

From: Naval War College Review | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Titans: World War II at Sea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 381pp. $27.50 Miller, Nathan. War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II. New York: Scribner's, 1995. 592pp. $32.50 Both books, published at the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, are single-volume, comprehensive histories of the great naval battles of that war. Even though each discusses the overall political and military background of combined operations, their consistent focus is upon navies and naval operations. You must go elsewhere to find general histories of World War II land ...

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