[Sailor Steve]

I just picked up a copy of Norman Friedman's Naval Weapons of World War One. It's a great companion piece to John Campbell's Naval Weapons of World War Two. Campbell was collecting data for the new volume when he died. His sister kindly handed over all his notes to Friedman, who then did a lot of his own research.

The book is laid out differently from Campbell's. The WW2 book is organized by Nation, then subdivided by type of weapon: Guns, Torpedoes, ASW. Friedman's book is divided by weapon type, then subdivided by nation: British Guns, American Guns, German Guns etc. That said, it is every bit as good as Campbell's work, if a bit smaller.

Friedman also has lengthy chapters on weapons development in general, plus individual articles for each country's work in the field. It's a gem, and I'm glad to have a new reference work for my naval game.