THE NAVAL FLANK OF THE WESTERN FRONT: THE GERMAN MARINEKORPS FLANDERN 1914-1918

摘要

The 100th anniversary of the Great War has seen a surge in books written about that conflict. Unfortunately, in Australia and other Western nations, there remains a strong historical bias in favour of those who believe in the primacy of the Western Front land battles. Mark Karau's The Naval Flank of the Western Front is one of the small number of original works which extends the envelope of modern thinking about the Great War. It is a remarkably insightful book that unconsciously challenges many of the commonly regurgitated historical narratives by use of meticulous research and solid interpretation. The Naval Flank of the Western Front is a significant addition to our understanding of the Great War at sea. First published in 2003, under the title Wielding the Dagger: The MarineKorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918, Seaforth Publishing should be congratulated for releasing this reasonably priced, paperback edition. By doing so they have made this work available to a wider readership.