The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord

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Ingo Bauernfeind. U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939–45. London, UK: Casemate Publishers, www.casemate.com, 2021. 240 pp., illustrations, tables, bibliography, index. US $49.95, hardback;  ISBN 978-1-61200-934-6.

Robert K Liu. Naval Ship Models of World War II in 1/1250 and 1/1200 Scales. Enhancements, Conversions & Scratch Building. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Seaforth Publishing, www.seaforthpublishing.com, 2021. 160 pp., illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index.  UK £25.00, cloth;  ISBN 978-1-52679-391-1. (E-book available.)

Daniel MacCannell. Coastal Defences of the British Empire in the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras.  Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword Military, www.pen-and-sword.co.uk, 2021. 240 pp., illustrations, maps, notes, index. UK £25.00, cloth; ISBN: 978-1-52675-345-8.

John R McKay. Surviving the Arctic Convoys. The Wartime Memoirs of Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell  Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword Maritime, www.pen -and-sword.co.uk, 2021. xvii+181 pp., maps. UK £19.99, US $39.95, cloth; ISBN 978-1-39901-303-1.  (E-book available.)

Rear Adm. Dave Oliver, USN (Ret.)  A Navy Admiral's Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership. Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute Press, www.nip.org, 2021.  xv+214 pp., illustrations. US $34.95, cloth; ISBN 978-168247-721-2.

Ken W. Sayers. U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels. A History and Directory from World War I to Today. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, www.mcfarlandpub.com, 2019. 549 pp., illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. US $45.00, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-7256-4. (E-book available ISBN 978-1-4766-3532-3.)

Mark Stille, US Navy Frigates of the Cold War. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, New Vanguard Series, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2021. 48 pp., illustrations, bibliography. US  $19.00, CDN $25.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-47284-051-6.

Angus Konstam. Big Guns in the Atlantic. Germany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41. Oxford, UK: Osprey Books,www.ospreypublishing.com, 2021. 80 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. UK £13.99, US $22.00, CDN $30.00, paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-4596-2.

Venner F. Milewski, Jr. Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019, Vol. ONE, Part TWO – Aircraft Carriers, Escort Carriers. Poland; Stratus s.j, www.mmpbooks.biz, 2021.

272 pp., illustrations, tables, glossary, bibliography, index. US $52.00, hardback; ISBN 978-3-66549-29-6.

Klaus Willmann. Screams of the Drowning. From the Eastern Front to the Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. Barnsley, S. Yorks:  Greenhill Books, www-pen-and-sword.co.uk, 2021.  ix+192 pp., illustrations, notes.  UK £19.99, US $34.95, cloth; ISBN 978-1-78438-598-9. 

Stephen Wynn. The Shetland 'Bus' Transporting Secret Agents across the North Sea in WW2. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword Military, www.pen-and-sword.co.uk, 2021. viii+204 pp., illustrations, notes, appendices, index.  UK £15.99, US $39.95, cloth; ISBN 978-1-52673-535-5.

Michael John Claringbould. Pacific Adversaries, Volume Four. Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies. The Solomons 1943-1944. Kent Town, S. Aus.: Avonmore Books, www.avonmorebooks.com.au, 2021. 108 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliography.  AU $34.95, paper; ISBN 978-0-6489262-2-1. 

David Miller. Langsdorff and the Battle of the River Plate. Command Decisions Series. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword Maritime, www.pen-and-sword.co.uk, 2021. Reprint. 208 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. UK £12.99, US $24.95, paper;  ISBN 978-1-52679-697-4.  (Distributed by Casemate)

 Jorge Boveda. All for One, One for All: Argentine Navy Operations during the Falklands/Malvinas War. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company, www.helion.co.uk, 2021. 88 pp., illustrations, maps, etc.  UK £16.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-91405-919-3. 

Steven T. Wills. Strategy Shelved: The Collapse of Cold War Naval Strategic Planning. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, www.usni.org, 2021. 304 pp.,

US $44.95, cloth; ISBN 978-1-68247-633-8.

 R.O. Neish. Leith Shipyards 1918 1939, Vol. II. Dunbeath, UK: Whittles Publishing, www.whittlespublishing.com, 2021.  xvii+158 pp., illustrations, tables, plans, glossary, bibliography.  UK £16.99, paper; ISBN 978-184995-481-5. 

Boye Meyer-Friese and Albrecht Sauer. Johan Månssons Seebuch der Ostsee von 1644. Bremerhaven, Germany: Deutsche Schifffahrts Museum and Oceanum Verlag, www.dsm.museum, 2020. 350 pp., illustrations, maps, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. Euro 49,90€, cloth; ISBN 978-386927-073-9. 

Leo Marriott. Images of War: Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943–1991. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen and Sword, www.pen-and-sword.co.uk, 2020.  176 pp., illustrations, etc.  UK£15.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-52677-214-5.