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When There Was Nowhere To Go But Down

Tom Pocock THE REAL CRUEL SEA: THE MERCHANT NAVY IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, 1939-1943 by Richard Woodman John Murray, £30, pp. 734, ISBN 0719564034 rt, £26 (plus £2.25 p&p)......

A Poor Pre-emptive Strike

Ian Garrick Mason ZULU: THE HEROISM AND TRAGEDY OF THE ZULU WAR by Saul David Viking, £20, pp. 467, ISBN 0670914746 C18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 ‘ ou will be in charge,......