Book Review: Admiralty Despatches: The Story of the War from the Battlefront, 1939–45. Stroud: The History Press, 2017. 288 pp., illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 978-1-4456-6244-2, £20 (hbk).

M. Sturma

doi:10.1177/0843871418759417b

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Book Review: Admiralty Despatches: The Story of the War from the Battlefront, 1939–45. Stroud: The History Press, 2017. 288 pp., illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 978-1-4456-6244-2, £20 (hbk).

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Book Review: Admiralty Despatches: The Story of the War from the Battlefront, 1939–45. Stroud: The History Press, 2017. 288 pp., illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 978-1-4456-6244-2, £20 (hbk).

M. Sturma

International Journal of Maritime History, Vol.30(2), pp.365-367

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871418759417b

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Abstract

This book is essentially a collection of documents, consisting of selected despatches written by British admirals during the Second World War. As the author acknowledges in his introduction, since these despatches were destined for public consumption, they cannot be read simply as balanced and dispassionate accounts...

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Title: Book Review: Admiralty Despatches: The Story of the War from the Battlefront, 1939–45. Stroud: The History Press, 2017. 288 pp., illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 978-1-4456-6244-2, £20 (hbk).
Authors/Creators: M. Sturma (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: International Journal of Maritime History, Vol.30(2), pp.365-367
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Identifiers: 991005544012607891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Arts
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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