- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: US Naval Institute Press (January 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1591140129
- ISBN-13: 978-1591140122
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 22.9 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 885 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #681,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
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It does what it says on the tin, Oct 25 2008
By Killick - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II (Hardcover)
This is well up to D K Brown's usual exacting standards, and informed by his immense professional expertise in this field.If it focuses more on the British experience, then that reflects the fact that the British and Canadians bore the brunt of the Atlantic work. But it is far from dismissive of US designs. As to downplaying the Hunts, the Atlantic was a secondary theatre for them - their particular niche was the Narrow Seas.
This is not a history of the campaign, it is true. But for anyone wanting to understand the evolution of the Allies' response to the German submarine threat, essential reading.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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for the dedicated only, July 5 2008
By Alexander T. Gafford "alex" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II (Hardcover)
I would reiterate and extend the comments of the other two reviewers. This book gives good coverage of British A/S dedicated ships used in the Battle of the Atlantic. Good points include the attention paid to seakeeping (long a professional concern of D K Brown), the relation made clear between weapons and the oft primitive means of controlling them and the limitations that imposed, the context of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the limitations posed by productive bottlenecks and the details of attempts to design around them. All these things are interesting and helpful to someone who already has some knowledge of the Battle of the Atlantic. As part of a library devoted to the topic, this book certainly has a place and it would be helpful for general histories on this subject to include some of the material developed here. But for or the general military history reader this work seems too specialized. In a way, this book is like a supplement or appendix to D K Browns wonderful series of books on the developement of ships for the Royal Navy.
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Misleading book description and title, Mar 12 2008
By J. Cochran - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II (Hardcover)
Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II is a brief and fairly comprehensive look at British and Canadian escort ships, weapons and tactics. It, however, has very liitle to say about American ships, except brief footnotes. There are no descriptions or photos of American destoyers,destroyer escorts,cutters, or escort carriers in the book,hence, I feel the books description and title are misleading. If you only interested in the British side of the pond, this is the book for you.
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