Castles of Steel - Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea - Massie, Robert K. [Richard Matthews, 2003]

Castles of Steel - Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

Year: 2003
Language: english
Author: Massie, Robert K.
Performer: Richard Matthews
Type: audiobook
Audio codec: MP3
Audio bitrate: 64 kbits
Description: In World War I, the Brits and the Germans face off in massive steel
gun boats.
Editorial Review
Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Massie plays to his strength as he expands
upon the story begun in DREADNOUGHT. While the previous book focused
on the personal rivalries that led up to World War I, CASTLES OF STEEL
examines the sea war between Germany and Britain. The face-off between
two great navies of dreadnoughts - fast battleships that were defended
by big guns only - plays like a Homeric battle between Cyclops, the
warring powers hurling titanic levels of firepower in battles that produced
such catastrophes as Gallipoli and Jutland. Massie spins a tale of intricate
strategy, and examines the larger-than-life personalities - Churchill
and Jellico among the Brits, and Pohl and Tirpitz among the Germans
- who masterminded these battles that forever changed the practice of
war.
"Like 19th-century novelists, Massie employs an epic narrative that
leisurely explores characters." (Kirkus Reviews)