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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Anyone here read any of the HMSO published Official Histories books? (HMSO = Her Majesty's Stationery Office) eg
The War at Sea
Stephen Wentworth Roskill
What do you think of them?
(By the way, a number of the titles are going very cheaply on Kobo India at the moment)
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Just found some info on HMSO published works - the info came from the Kobo India blurb and book hereunder:
The Royal Air Force at War 1939 - 1945: The Fight at Odds
Dennis Richards
Price: 3 Indian Rupees (approx AUD 5 cents)
Price: Kobo Aus - AUD3.00
perkopolis works for a 40% discount on the HMSO titles
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'The Fight at Odds' is the first volume of the definitive three volume series 'The Royal Air Force 1939 to 1945'. If you want to know about the RAF in WW II - you read this book.
Unfortunately, the scale of the book, three large volumes with its many illustrations and diagrams meant that it was never going to sell as popular book and it was too expensive to reprint.
It, like all the other books of the HMSO Official History of WW II are largely confined to academic libraries and the general public rarely make contact with them.
The HMSO Histories are the British counter parts to the US Army 'Green Book' series and of a similar size, breadth of vision and depth of content.
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