Chris Coulthard-Clark, 533 pages, illustrated, Allen and Unwin, Australia. In the spate of 50th Anniversary war books it comes as rather a surprise to have a book celebrating the 70th ...
Book Review: Action Stations Coral Sea
Chris Coulthard-Clark, Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd 157 pages, illustrated. This thoroughly researched account of the first important, sea battle in the South Pacific in World War 2 is ...
Book Review: The Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney
Lew Lind, Bellrope Press, 74 pages with illustrations and maps. The Japanese midget submarine attack on ships in Sydney Harbour occurred almost fifty years ago and yet is still a ...
Book Review: Silencing debate on Shropshire
Mr Stan Nicholls wants to silence debate on what did and did not happen to HMAS Shropshire during World War II. So he has written a 330-page hard-cover book on ...
Book Review: Seagulls, Cruisers, and Catapults
By Ray Jones, 134 pages, Illustrated, Pelorus Publications, Tasmania – 1989 This fascinating book is not only a history of the amphibian aircraft used by the Royal Australian Navy but a ...
Book Review: Yield Not To The Wind
Yield Not To The Wind By: Margaret Clarence. Published by the author This is an easy book to read, as the subject is extremely interesting, and once you pick it ...
Book Review: Australian Naval Administration 1900-1939
Author – Robert Hyslop It is fitting that the two most important works on the organisation and administration of the Royal Australian Navy should be written by a Secretary and ...