While many might take issue with his somewhat fatalistic conclusions, there is no doubt that Mr Jamieson has produced a very readable and fact-rich account of the decline of British maritime power and it provides a stimulating and challenging overview of the demise of Britannia’s rule.
Telegraph Journal of Numast Vol 36 No 8
This book is produced ... Read moreto the usual high standard of the University of Exeter Press publications.
Journal for Maritime Research
... the text is supported by a good index, an extensive and up-to-date bibiliography and reference to wide-ranging primary sources. The production standards are high, although this reader would prefer footnotes to endnotes, and the cover price is reasonable.
International Journal of Maritime History Vol XV No 3
The book is recommended to all who seek authoritative facts and reasoning on its subject. They will go far to find a better survey. Richard Hill, The Naval Review
The Naval Review
This book is a rare animal, namely a broad work of synthesis. Maritime history as a sub-discipline is strong on highly-specialist and tightly-focussed research, rather less so on this kind of work: we need more of it. Jamieson has done a good job in ‘zooming out’ here … While established specialists in the field will no doubt regard it as a useful and interesting work, those looking for a broader coverage will find, as I did, that this is a splendid ‘one-stop-shop’, saving them several inches of bookshelf space … I commend it to everyone except nostalgic Brits with suppressed suicidal tendencies. Andrew Jarvis, The Northern Mariner XIII Show Less