Tin Cans and Greyhounds
The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars

I was happy to see a book about Destroyers and this one covers them right from their beginnings through World War II. Lots of information and a fair number of pictures. I found the detail quite good at the onset but after a while it gets to be too much detail and repetition. Once I run across too mu......more

I'm a sucker for anything discussing the history of the Destroyer class of ships and this did not disappoint. There were times where this book became extremely technical and it was hard to follow while it was giving the history of the long journey to what would one day become the WWII Destroyers use......more

Johnson provides a narrative history of the class of naval vessels that came to be known as destroyers. While he makes the argument that destroyers and their crews were decisive to the outcomes of both World Wars, his focus is on telling the stories rather than comparative analysis.......more

Johnson tells a good story, but as a newcomer to naval history, he does not have a solid grasp of his subject. For example, he refers to the 8" guns of light cruisers, when such ships are literally defined by having 6" guns. He states that the German warship Bismarck was a "pocket battleship," when......more

The Well Researched History of Destroyers At times a bit repetitive and not always chronological, but nevertheless a very well researched history of destroyers and many of the battle stars they earned. If you are a history buff you'll like this book and I was relieved to find the narrative interestin......more