- Hardcover: 95 pages
- Publisher: Parragon Plus; ... edition (Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752532197
- ISBN-13: 978-0752532196
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 474,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The story of Britain's Navy - the Royal Navy, is not like any other. It is a story which covers more than 1,000 years. During that time, there have been wars, battles, heroes, heroic actions, new designs, new concepts, great ships, great journeys, great discoveries and even greater victories. Set all that against a backdrop of the rise and fall of an immense Empire followed by the modern responsibilities that go with being the head of a Commonwealth of Nations, and the problem in producing any book which sets out to cover the entire subject is easy to identify; Space!
That said, any well presented and carefully thought out review of the entire subject does not have to get bogged down with the minutiae of detail that goes with each of those battles and developments as they occurred.
Robert Jackson is an accomplished writer on Aviation, Military and Naval subjects. Over time I have grown to respect his work simply because I am able to trust his research. In this particular work he provides the reader with an over-view of the History of the Royal Navy which is not only well presented but also well written.
For those who are looking for particular details pertaining to specific wars, actions, people, ships or whatever, they are not likely to be found here. For those, however, who are new to the whole subject of the Royal Navy, I cannot think of a better staring point other than reading this book.
Finally, for those who think they already know a lot about the Royal Navy and are convinced they have progressed beyond this book, have a read. Like me - you just might learn something.
NM
That said, any well presented and carefully thought out review of the entire subject does not have to get bogged down with the minutiae of detail that goes with each of those battles and developments as they occurred.
Robert Jackson is an accomplished writer on Aviation, Military and Naval subjects. Over time I have grown to respect his work simply because I am able to trust his research. In this particular work he provides the reader with an over-view of the History of the Royal Navy which is not only well presented but also well written.
For those who are looking for particular details pertaining to specific wars, actions, people, ships or whatever, they are not likely to be found here. For those, however, who are new to the whole subject of the Royal Navy, I cannot think of a better staring point other than reading this book.
Finally, for those who think they already know a lot about the Royal Navy and are convinced they have progressed beyond this book, have a read. Like me - you just might learn something.
NM
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Immensely readable and informative overview.
7 May 2007
Format:Hardcover
The story of Britain's Navy - the Royal Navy, is not like any other. It is a story which covers more than 1,000 years. During that time, there have been wars, battles, heroes, heroic actions, new designs, new concepts, great ships, great journeys, great discoveries and even greater victories. Set all that against a backdrop of the rise and fall of an immense Empire followed by the modern responsibilities that go with being the head of a Commonwealth of Nations, and the problem in producing any book which sets out to cover the entire subject is easy to identify; Space!
That said, any well presented and carefully thought out review of the entire subject does not have to get bogged down with the minutiae of detail that goes with each of those battles and developments as they occurred.
Robert Jackson is an accomplished writer on Aviation, Military and Naval subjects. Over time I have grown to respect his work simply because I am able to trust his research. In this particular work he provides the reader with an over-view of the History of the Royal Navy which is not only well presented but also well written.
For those who are looking for particular details pertaining to specific wars, actions, people, ships or whatever, they are not likely to be found here. For those, however, who are new to the whole subject of the Royal Navy, I cannot think of a better staring point other than reading this book.
Finally, for those who think they already know a lot about the Royal Navy and are convinced they have progressed beyond this book, have a read. Like me - you just might learn something.
NM
That said, any well presented and carefully thought out review of the entire subject does not have to get bogged down with the minutiae of detail that goes with each of those battles and developments as they occurred.
Robert Jackson is an accomplished writer on Aviation, Military and Naval subjects. Over time I have grown to respect his work simply because I am able to trust his research. In this particular work he provides the reader with an over-view of the History of the Royal Navy which is not only well presented but also well written.
For those who are looking for particular details pertaining to specific wars, actions, people, ships or whatever, they are not likely to be found here. For those, however, who are new to the whole subject of the Royal Navy, I cannot think of a better staring point other than reading this book.
Finally, for those who think they already know a lot about the Royal Navy and are convinced they have progressed beyond this book, have a read. Like me - you just might learn something.
NM
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HMS of yore
31 May 2003
Format:Hardcover
Jackson's light coffee table book, History of The Royal Navy suprisingly squeezes in a lot of information and easy to understand explanations. He starts from the beginning and dosen't dwell on a subject for to long and quickly moves on through.
Naturally the Royal Navy from the mid 1700's to 1945 gets the most coverage as this was the time it ruled supreme.
The modern future is covered and we can see that the US Navy will rule supreme for the next two hundred years at least.
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