A most welcome addition to the bibliography of WW1. [...] Splendid
and serious [...] it is essential reading for students of WW1. THE
REVIEW (Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association)
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Truly an agenda-setting work. It is also valuable for its extensive
references to primary sources.
*WARSHIP*
Not only revises our understanding of the Naval Staff's
qualifications and competence: it provides an important
reassessment of many aspects of the Admiralty's conduct of the
naval war, one that challenges conventional wisdom on several
counts. [...] This is a fine piece of scholarship, recommended
especially to those who focus on operational history to the
exclusion of policy, planning, implementation, and logistics.
*JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES*
Black has blown aside some of the fog of history and shed light on
the accomplishments of a group of mostly overlooked and
underestimated men.
*NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL*
Black's excellent book demonstrates that the staff was larger, more
professional and more important. Ultimately an effective, if not
always efficient, staff was essential to the successful prosecution
of total war in the twentieth century.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*
[An] elegantly written and well-researched volume. [...] This is an
illuminating study that will have a major impact on histories of
the First World War.
*HISTORY*
A first-class study of a major subject, whose findings challenge
all standard accounts. [...] Black's monograph is the product of a
rare combination of diligent and original research in primary
sources, a comprehensive and accurate reading of the existing
scholarly literature on his subject, a sophisticated historical
sensibility, and a writer's gift for clear and engaging exposition.
It replaces the existing interpretation of the history of Britain's
naval staff during the First World War with one that is much more
complete and satisfying. [It] is an exemplar of the power of
serious scholarly inquiry.
*INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY*
For Naval enthusiasts it's essential stuff [which] rescues from
oblivion a fine and unjustly traduced body of men.
*THE MAIL ON SUNDAY*
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