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Castles of Steel

Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

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Castles of Steel

Auteur(s): Robert K. Massie
Narrateur(s): Richard Matthews
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 In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War.

The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal.

But with all its sacrifice, trench warfare did not win the war for one side or lose it for the other. Over the course of four years, the lines on the Western Front moved scarcely at all; attempts to break through led only to the lengthening of the already unbearably long casualty lists.

For the true story of military upheaval, we must look to the sea. On the eve of the war in August 1914, Great Britain and Germany possessed the two greatest navies the world had ever seen. When war came, these two fleets of dreadnoughts—gigantic floating castles of steel able to hurl massive shells at an enemy miles away—were ready to test their terrible power against each other.

Their struggles took place in the North Sea and the Pacific, at the Falkland Islands and the Dardanelles. They reached their climax when Germany, suffocated by an implacable naval blockade, decided to strike against the British ring of steel. The result was Jutland, a titanic clash of fifty-eight dreadnoughts, each the home of a thousand men.

When the German High Seas Fleet retreated, the kaiser unleashed unrestricted U-boat warfare, which, in its indiscriminate violence, brought a reluctant America into the war. In this way, the German effort to “seize the trident” by defeating the British navy led to the fall of the German empire.

Ultimately, the distinguishing feature of Castles of Steel is the author himself. The knowledge, understanding, and literary power Massie brings to this story are unparalleled. His portrayals of Winston Churchill, the British admirals Fisher, Jellicoe, and Beatty, and the Germans Scheer, Hipper, and Tirpitz are stunning in their veracity and artistry.

Castles of Steel is about war at sea, leadership and command, courage, genius, and folly. All these elements are given magnificent scope by Robert K. Massie’s special and widely hailed literary mastery. Amériques Europe Forces armées Grande-Bretagne Guerres et conflits Militaire États-Unis Angleterre Guerre Redevances Sous-marin U-Boat Impérialisme Royaume-Uni Moyen Âge Marine royale Russie Winston Churchill Empire britannique

Ce que les critiques en disent

Praise for Robert K. Massie’s Dreadnought

“Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events.” —Time

“A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie’s eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative.” —Los Angeles Times
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I have both read this book and listened to it on Audible, read by a brilliant reader. When Churchills words appear, Mr. Mathew’s sounds like Churchill.
Tales of incredible steam leviathans, blowing up, sinking, taking the lives of thousands. It gives a more balanced portrait of naval heroes like David Beatty and John Jellicoe. The Battle of Jutland, Von Spee, Hipper, Craddock, all,there. Brilliant.
I cannot recommend this book high enough.

Steaming Into Madness

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Particularly love the telling of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles and the JJ DB feud. Fascinating portrayal of Churchill

Naval history that helped me understand WW1

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an excellent book anybody interested in history should own. the naval war of world war one is often second on the list and this book wonderfully fills that Gap.

I did take one star away due to the unfortunate glitching that occurred which often-repeated sentences on this recording.

excellent book

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The narrator feels the need to effect a hokey German or English accent when quoting, say, Wilhelm or Churchill. It is so incredibly off-putting. I absolutely hate it when narrators do this. It ruins the experience for me every time. If I want to listen to hokey impressions I'll watch some old Rich Little on VHS.

As for the content of the book itself, it is absolutely superb. I'm debating whether or not to continue with the audible or just purchase the book itself. I'm tending towards the latter.

Fantastic book marred by awful narration

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