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2 reviews
Douglas Reeman

Random House UK, 2007

Excellent account of war at sea and home in UK
This book deals with the perils of war and the sea. It also explores the perils of war and at home. We are introduced to the book at the hieght of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is the time or unparalled danger for ships and country as a whole. To loose the Battle of the Atlantic is to loose the war for the UK. We are shown stop gap measures - RAF Hurricanes on adapted merchant ships for one ...

Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945

15 reviews
David Fairbank White

Simon & Schuster, 2006

Easy read; good overview
David White is a reporter and "Bitter Ocean" is written in the style of a very long feature story; you get the feeling that each chapter would have been serialized over several Sunday supplements. This is not a bad thing it's just a style thing. White's narrative includes a good mixture of history interwoven with first person interviews. This journalistic technique makes the book an easy ...

Sterling Point Books: Battle in the Arctic Seas (Sterling Point Books)
Theodore Taylor

Sterling, 2007

In 1942, America?s most crucial mission was to provide arms and supplies to our English and Russian allies. Theodore Taylor, who served in the merchant marines in World War II, tells the tragic tale of a convoy of 33 ships that sailed from Iceland to Russia in an effort to bring the Soviets needed tanks, trucks, airplanes, and ammunition. In vivid detail, Taylor follows one of the ships through the frigid waters of the Arctic as it battles Nazi ...

Midnight Convoy & Other Stories (Hebrew Classics)
S Yizhar

Toby Press, 2007

"Midnight Convoy and Other Stories" is the only available collection of Yizhar's shorter fiction. "He was and still is commonly regarded as both the founding father of Israeli literature and its chief master of prose fiction," writes Professor Dan Miron in his introduction. The collection presents a truly representative collection of his work, dating back to his first published works, including his first published story, "Ephraim Goes Back to ...

Battle of the Bismarck Sea

2 reviews
Lex McAulay

St Martins Pr, 1991

A superb and exciting story
This is a superb book telling of a vital battle between Australian and American aircraft and pilots and the Japanese who were attempting to reinforce their forces in Lae with the prospect of attacking the allied forces in this area of New Guinea. The result of this battle was vital for the allies as a positive reinforcement could have seen real problems for the Allies who would have been ...

GALACTIC CONVOY: Director's Cut Edition
Bill Baldwin

Booklocker.com, Inc., 2007

Assigned to I.F.S. Defiant, first of a new warship class, Brim finds himself at the critical port of Atalanta on the planet Hador-Haelic, putting him in the thick of the action when the whole concept of space warfare changes.

Convoy: Merchant Sailors at War, 1939-1945

1 review
Philip Kaplan, Jack Currie

US Naval Institute Press, 2000

good, but not as good as their earlier efforts.
I've read and liked all the books in this format by Kaplan et.al., but I think this is the weakest in the series. The picture choices were "fair" and the writing "fair to good" but this means the book doesn't match the high standard set by the previous volumes (ie "Round the Clock", "Little Friends", etc). It was published after Mr. Currie died so I guess it's understandable. I've read and ...

The Lost Convoy
Eric Manasse

iUniverse, Inc., 2006

Set in beautiful Lake Como, The Last Convoy is a mystery starring sports agent Dave Stillati on his latest case. The US tennis champion, Robert Case, has been arrested at his Villa in Italy. He is accused of killing his supermodel girlfriend and his agent. His wife, Samantha Eggers, hires Dave to fly to Italy and solve the case. In the meantime he will stumble upon the greatest gold theft in the history of World War II, battle a corrupt ...

Road Hunter in the Land between the Rivers: Disillusioned Hearts and Minds

3 reviews
James E. Lewandowski

BookSurge Publishing, 2007

How it was........
"Lew," as he was known to me, Sgt Leptien, did an outstanding job puting this book together. Everything that was wrote was real, and accually gave me a few 'flashbacks' to somethings I once forgot. My family appriciates the book very much, since it was the best way for them to know what we did. Good Job Lew! Road Hunter 16

Malta Convoys
David Thomas

Pen and Sword, 2000

The island fortress of Malta was located close to Mussolini's Italy and controlled the supply line to British and later American forces in North Africa. The British possession was the scene of some of the most savage air and sea attacks of World War II.

Convoy

2 reviews
Dudley Pope

House of Stratus, 2002

Gripping WWII thriller
Captures the frustration and uncertainty of preventing U-boat attacks on unarmed merchant ships. Some well-rounded characters, and a good twist for getting a U-boat past the protecting warships.

A King's Trade: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures)

9 reviews
Dewey Lambdin

Thomas Dunne Books, 2006

Best in the series since the French Admiral
The French Admiral (2nd book) will probably always be the best book in this series, with the opener `The Kings Coat' a close second. The books that followed were readable but slowly deteriorated until it hit rock bottom with the 2 HMS Jester books (7 & 8 I think). A King's Trade however has totally rekindled my passion for this series and left me on a high waiting for the 12th book. It is ...

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