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Great story, narrator mispronounced some things.

Revisado: 03-10-23

I loved the story. great mix of autobiography and history all in one that I don't think I've encountered before. The only gripe that I have is some glaring mis pronunciations by the narrator that while infrequent were jarring. Like pronouncing Grumman, the manufacturer of the F14 Tomcat as grooman instead of gruhmen. only reason to downgrade from 5 stars all around.

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okay

Revisado: 11-07-21

some interesting conclusions that are not always so logically backed up with arguments. overall an interesting look at the world at the time and submarines specifically.

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Informative and a good listen

Revisado: 10-29-21

Only other book I read about the Falklands war was about the Vulcan bomber involvement. this description of the tactical use of the Harriet's and the combat they flew was an interesting perspective. seeing how the Harriet's fit into the bigger picture of the British taskforce defense was an important and valuable point of emphasis in the narative.

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Narrator needs a pronunciation guide

Revisado: 07-14-19

Overall the book focusses heavily on the 2 world wars and pre ww1 history of the submarine. post ww2, there is very little discussed. Based on other books I've read on the subject the author could have had another 5 hours at least of content on the cold war. Generally skipped over US Submarine exploits during WW2, with the exception of some highlights, but missed significant accounts found in other books.

The narrator was brilliant for most of the book, however he kept pronouncing "Leyte Gulf" as "Late Gulf". It was horribly distracting. Pronounced the city of Mobile, Alabama like "Mobile Home".

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fun

Revisado: 08-15-18

good story. I liked how it flipped between early life and war time before switching to wartime once caught up. helped keep things interesting.

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excellent history

Revisado: 04-09-18

only one gripe: The history flowed well except for a portion in the 1820s thru 1890s where all the technological changes were discussed. some of theseninvolved a lot of jumping backward or forwards in time.

Aside from that this was one of the most interesting books I've listened to.

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long and complex but a good listen

Revisado: 12-10-16

at times it was really hard to keep track of all the names of the generals and various units involved. having watched the movie Gettysburg I had some idea about how the battle went but from a distinctly union side(20th maine). I liked how this book went into the thoughts over both sides. I really wish it had ended with the Gettysburg address by Lincoln. it would have fit well.

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starts strong

Revisado: 11-11-16

the story starts in World War 1 and extensively talks about airplanes and tactics and Pilots. it then spends a lot of time in World War II and pre-World War 2 tactics and campaigns and persons. from there the remainder of the book is fragmented and very disjointed jumping around between Vietnam Middle East and finally the gulf Wars.

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