The Price of Admiralty, (Paperback)

from jamespurcell

Interesting but no persuasive. I like Keegan's books but this is not one of his better ones.

from ABVR

The third and least (after The Face of Battle and The Mask of Command) of the trilogy of books that established Keegan as a preemininent military historian. The case-study approach that worked so well in the preceding two books is on display again, this time with four naval battles: Trafalgar (18...

from jcbrunner

One of John Keegan's weaker books due to the selection of the case studies and the comparative dearth of analysis. The choice of Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and a WWII German submarine convoy attack guarantees wide readership but few insights. These events (apart from the odd submarine case) were ...

from JayLivernois

The best part of this book is Keegan's introduction, which is a brilliant synopsis of how naval warfare came about out of the development of civilized trade and then piracy. Keegan was the best military historian of the 20th century, but his writing and insights are not as good as Victor Davis Ha...

from rsubber

Finely detailed historical setting for modern naval warfare, including gripping descriptions of classic naval battles and informative treatment of the "dreadnought" races around the turn of the 20th century.