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Title: Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting by John Campbell ISBN: 1-55821-759-2 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An analysis on Jutland unprecedented and unsurpassed
Comment: Sometimes described as *dry and technically slanted*, Campbell's meticulously wonderful study in the epic sea battle is to me the definitive word on all that is to know about what happened at Jutland. Unprecedented and unsurpassed, Campbell fills in the holes that so many naval historians have left behind while attempting to recount the story of Jutland. The bottom line is I don't see anyone else giving a DETAILED analysis of how and where EACH heavy shell hit a capital ship at Jutland and what happened afterwards. Campbell brings us in fantastically up close to examine the workings of guns, armour, propulsion, fire control and shell hits like no one has done before or after. Rather than saying it should be read with other people's efforts to compensate for its alleged dryness, I'd say all other accounts on Jutland would be woefully superficial without the anchorage of Campbell's immaculately researched findings. To a beginner, you may need to say only *British battlecruiser are weak in armour*. But to a true and seasoned enthusiast, nothing short of how H.M.S Lion suffered each of her 12 (16?) shell hits at Jutland would do. Campbell is the only one so far who has given us that. No one else has come close. I recommend his fabulous work with no hesitation.
Only question : wonder why the drawings about hits on British ships much better than those on German ships???
Rating: 4
Summary: Great ... for what it is. May not be for everyone
Comment: This is a reference book more so than one you read through to gain an understanding of Jutland. Other reviewers have remarked that it is "dry", and the meaning of this word in this context merits explanation.
Campbell's work is about shells impacting ships or water, and their explosive damage in each case where a ship was hit. It is almost entirely devoid of discussion (or even mention!) of who was where, making which decisions based on what information. It is all "what" and little "why".
In other words, very much a reference work on a very narrow (but novel) forensic aspect of this pivotal naval battle. Indeed, you could read this book and come away with the impression that Jutland was about ghost ships steaming about with no one at the helm.
Every recent book on Jutland cites this as a source, and its accuracy and professionalism in cataloging the "'oo killed 'oo" aspects of the battle, but this book is not unchallenged in all that it contains. Andrew Gordon singles Campbell out tellingly on a point of whether the 5th Battle Squadron was taking fire during its belated turn to the North. Given that the handling of this squadron was amongst the most debated elements of the battle, and Campbell's intent was to track every single shellhole, it seems clear from several seemingly indisputable primary accounts cited in Gordon's book that the ships were receiving heavy fire this entire time -- in fact, at least half of the German ships firing were concentrating on them.
This book is a valuable addition to a scholar's library, but is in every case best when combined with other books, given its finely focused topic area. I would offer that Gordon's "The Rules of the Game" is a good companion to this volume in that it focuses on what distinguished Jutland as a battle worthy of study: the men crewing these vessels, the information available to them and what actions they took when so equipped, and the lamentable posturing and blame-laying that took place in the aftermath.
Rating: 5
Summary: Last clash of the Titans
Comment: Like many, I have always been fascinated with battleship vs. battleship encounters. Jutland was the last of such "real" capital fleet on fleet battles. Mr. Campbell gives a very matter-of-fact recollection of the incident, including post battle damage. All sides claimed victory in Jutland, but Mr. Campbell allows the reader to form his/her own opinions. A well written book.
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Title: Cassell Military Classics: Jutland: The German Perspective by V.E. Tarrant ISBN: 0304358487 Publisher: Cassell Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts (Campaign Series, 72) by Charles London, Howard Gerrard ISBN: 1855329921 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Jutland, 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes by Nigel Steel, Peter Hart ISBN: 0304358924 Publisher: Cassell Pub. Date: 28 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Fleet That Had to Die by Richard Hough ISBN: 1841580449 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by ROBERT K. MASSIE ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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