The Scapegoat: The life and tragedy of a fighting admiral and Churchill's role in his death, Steve R. Dunn.
Fascinating biography of Admiral Kit Cradock, the defeated commander
at the battle of Coronel in 1914. Also serves as a history of the late
Victorian and Edwardian Navy, looking at its strengths and flaws in the
period leading up to the First World War, the Royal Navy's first
serious trial since the Napoleonic Wars.
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