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Re: 'Castles of Steel' by Robert K. Massie
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: October 30, 2007 03:28AM

Phil,

I haven't read Castles of Steel but I do have Dreadnaught. Massie is a first-class writer, who gives a great sense of the feel of the period, but as a historian he's largely repackaging what's appeared before while not adding a lot of new information or analysis.

And when writing about the WWI U-boat war, that can be a problem, as it's underreseaerched to begin with and a lot of the older works are, to put it bluntly, questionable. A lot of highly, er, "remarkable" with very "colorful" accounts were published in 1920s that just don't make much sense when you look at them closely. My guess is that Massie ran with one of those, probably describing the sinking of a U-boat off Dover. Such material would fit in nicely with Massie overall style and presentation.

Best wishes,
Michael

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