Last book I read was Stephen Bungay's 'The Most Dangerous Enemy, a history of the Battle of Britain' (ISBN 1-85410-801-8). This is an astonishingly good book and very highly recommended, as it makes a genuine attempt to look at that battle, the run up to it, as well as its aftermath, in a fresh and insightful manner. It goes a long way towards blowing a lot of the myths about this battle out of the water, myths which many other books on the subject simply trot out and perpetuate. Quite simply an excellent read, and I have no doubt that this book will come to be regarded as
the standard work on this subject, it really is that good.
Apparently Bungay has been asked by his publisher to work on another title related to the Battle of Britain, concentrating on details of personnel, equipment and airfields, and if The Most Dangerous Enemy is anything to go by, I'll be ordering his next book on the day it comes out!
Prior to reading Bungay's book, I read Deborah Lake's 'Smoke and Mirrors, Q-ships against the U-Boats in the First World War' (ISBN 0-7509-4605-9). This too is a good read, and probably more 'up the street' of most Subsim people than a book on the Battle of Britain. Lake's book is again another well researched study, and is interesting in that it also covers a great deal of the story of submarine development prior to WW1. Anyone interested in the development of U-Boats and tactics and the subsequent battle to find ways to defeat them will find this a worthwhile read.
Chock