This is an excellent and comprehensive account of the activities of members of the Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, which was set up by the Admiralty in 1936. The book is not a bald ...

The ‘Golden Years’ in this book’s title almost mirrors the ‘Long Boom’ in international trade ended by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil embargo of 1973–4 which quadrupled ...

HMS Warspite was a much-loved battleship. The seventh of that name, she served with distinction in both World Wars, earning a record number of fifteen battle honours ranging from the battle of Jutland ...