“US NAVY PROTECTED CRUISERS 1883 – 1918”, by Brian Lane Herder, Illustrated by Paul Wright.OSPREY PUBLISHING/Bloomsbury Publishing: 2023, New Vanguard Series #320, 48 pages, 7 ¼” x
9 ¾”, softcover, $20. Visit, www.ospreypublishing.com.
“ALLIED WARSHIPS vs THE ATLANTIC WALL – – Normandy 1944”, by Steven J. Zaloga. OSPREYPUBLISHING/Bloomsbury Publishing: 2023, Osprey DUEL Engage the Enemy Series, 80 pages, 7¼” x 9 ¾”, softcover, $23. Visit, www.ospreypublishing.com.“SUPER – BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR II – – Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A – 150 andSovetsky Soyuz – class”, by Mark Stille/Illustrated by Paul Wright. OSPREYPUBLISHING/Bloomsbury Publishing: 2023, New Vanguard Series #314, 48 pages, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾”,softcover, $19. Visit, www.ospreypublishing.com.Now, dear reader, tell me what cold salt-water navy buff, especially, one who loves the flashof bright light instantly followed by the horrendous roar of a blazing behemoth (Hippopotamus-size) canon, isn’t going to shine when opening this Christmas-wrapped ½” thick package,thinking. “Only one measly book? What’s up with that?”, then finding THREE! And you gettingaway with paying less than $65 for the splendid surprise! Then, wait until he opens eachbeautifully designed cover and discovers pictured six additional themed texts, i.e., NewVanguard Series, “German Battleships 1939 – 45”, “Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941 –45”, “British Battleships 1939 – 45 (Vol. 2)”, “Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers”, “US FastBattleships 1938 – 91”, and “US Fast Battleships 1936 – 47”. Inside the back cover are six coversdealing with WW II big-gun battleships at work firing away. In short, go on-line and peruse, justwhat the geniuses at OSPREY want – – sales, naturally, but the empty space on your shelf willsmile. It, too, knows that once you open the pages you won’t be able to table or shelf the
mesmerizing read.
