Great Naval Blunders Kindle Edition by Geoffrey Regan (Andre Deutsche)

This book is exactly what it says it is. I really enjoyed it. In it the author reminds us what other authors and historians routinely refuse or forget to do, and let us all know how incompetent the people in high places truly are, and how cavalier they are with human lives. Example 1 in this book is the British Admiralty, who we are always lead to believe over the centuries gave the world the finest navies-not so. We learn over and over of gross negligence and incompetence, and one name that comes up over and over is Churchill. Churchill was a moron according to the author, and if he is not, he is certainly overrated, and must have had a lot of sleepless nights, seeing the ghosts of all the men he was directly responsible for sending to their graves. Want to know how?? Check out the book. I found it to be a good quick read, and give it a strong five star rating.

Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Anson set out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic? The answers to these questions and details of numerous other entertaining and unbelievable historical events are revealed in this absorbing survey of naval incompetence from Roman times to the Falklands War. Bestselling author Geoffrey Regan certainly sets out to prove that there is truth in the old adage "Worse things happen at sea". Crammed with intriguing and often bizarre anecdotes and over fifty illuminating illustrations, "Naval Blunders" takes a serious, but often entertaining look at the misjudgements and oversights of captains, fleet commanders, strategic planners and ship designers over the ages. Peppered with quotes from those who did their utmost (albeit unwittingly) to hinder naval progress, this entertaining and instructive book will appeal to the naval enthusiast and general reader alike.