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[quote user="erikem"][quote user="1435mm"]OK, I'm into all those things including WWI battleships (Castles of Steel, Robert Massie, could I recommend?)[/quote]And don't forget his earlier book, Dreadnought. Along with my RR books, I also have a collection of Naval Institute Press books, with most authored by Friedman. The book on US subs before 1945 had some interesting points about diesel engine development ca 1930 - the USN wanted lightweight diesels for subs and were looking at what other applications would be suitable for the designs and came up with diesel-electric locomotives.As far as Castles of Steel, the most memorable part was Spee's 'oh scheiss' moment when he cruised by Port Stanley and saw the tripod masts of the Royal Navy's battlecruisers. [/quote]I've been resisting buying any of Friedman's books (as well as Norman Polmar's) because I know once I have one, I'll have to have them all.  My wife very astutely saw me eyeing a few volumes of Victory at Sea in a used bookstore and pieced together a complete first-edition set and gave it to me for Christmas last year.  Maybe she'll read this ...  [:-^]I would like Massie to take on the aircraft carrier battles in the Pacific in WWII -- a bigger story especially when combined with all the sharp and brutal cruiser-destroyer knife-fights in the Guadalcanal and Bismarck theaters.S. Hadid
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