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It would seem that the eternal and sometimes elusive triangle of man, ship and ocean, particularly under the stress of war, produces the best qualities of courage and compassion, irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the conflict. In war it is inevitable that only one side can triumph but honour and self-sacrifice are not the attributes of the victors alone.

Douglas Reeman

To have anything more than entertainment value Naval maritime history must be analytical and critical. And it must, in so far as it is humanly possible, be truthful.

Naval Staff History, Vol. 1, ‘Introduction’