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07-26-11, 04:56 PM

From 2003 comes Jutland 1916 by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart. The author's have paired up writing books on other anglophile Great War subjects including the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele.

http://www.amazon.com/Jutland-1916-C...1717294&sr=1-1

Melodramatically subtitled Death in the Grey Wastes, the book is well written and relies almost exclusively on first-hand narratives, many culled from Public Records Office primary sources. If you like your history purely anecdotal you should find Jutland 1916 riveting.

On the other hand if you are looking for fresh insights or new ideas relating to the Battle of Jutland itself you might do better elsewhere, Andrew Gordon's Rules of the Game or Keith Yates' Jutland, 1916 come to mind immediately as superior contextual one-volume histories.

That said, if your history is best told in first-person stories and have only room for one Jutland book, the offering from Prof's Hart and Steel is probably a suitable choice.

07-26-11, 04:56 PM	#11
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	From 2003 comes Jutland 1916 by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart. The author's have paired up writing books on other anglophile Great War subjects including the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele. http://www.amazon.com/Jutland-1916-C...1717294&sr=1-1 Melodramatically subtitled Death in the Grey Wastes, the book is well written and relies almost exclusively on first-hand narratives, many culled from Public Records Office primary sources. If you like your history purely anecdotal you should find Jutland 1916 riveting. On the other hand if you are looking for fresh insights or new ideas relating to the Battle of Jutland itself you might do better elsewhere, Andrew Gordon's Rules of the Game or Keith Yates' Jutland, 1916 come to mind immediately as superior contextual one-volume histories. That said, if your history is best told in first-person stories and have only room for one Jutland book, the offering from Prof's Hart and Steel is probably a suitable choice.