[Milsurplus] "Electronics and Sea Power" & other good reads

[Nick England]

I have some books listed here -
http://www.navy-radio.com/links.htm

Cheers
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Tom Brent <navyradiocom at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Electronics and Sea Power" does not provide much in the way of technical
> detail but it is nevertheless a good overview of the subject defined by the
> title and starting at the dawn of the electrical age.  Note that this does
> not only include radio but electricity in general (telegraph, searchlights,
> sonar, radar, etc.). I have read the book two or three times and Hue's
> mention of it in a recent email prompts me to dig it out of my library
> again.
>
> Another book I would recommend is "Secret Weapon" by Kathleen Williams
> covering the development of high frequency direction finding.
>
> Clay Blair wrote "Hitler's U-Boat War", in my opinion the definitive work
> on the Battle of the Atlantic (1700 pages in 2 volumes), which includes
> some information on naval electronics and weapon systems. He also wrote
> "Silent Victory - The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan", another 1000+
> pages. The list of references in this author's books is most impressive, it
> must have taken him years to put it all together.
>
> "Most Secret War" by R.V. Jones gives an interesting look at 1939-45
> scientific intelligence from the British point of view, another volume I
> have read more than once.
>
> Finally, "Naval Electronic Warfare" by Dr. D.G. Kiely gives a more
> technical overview of that subject up to the 1980's.
>
> Does anybody else have military radio related reads they would recommend?
>
> Happy tinkering.
>
> Tom
> ._._.
>
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