Books by Stephen Budiansky
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English
review 1: Although the writing style was a bit dry, the material was so fascinating and well researched that I kept reading. I didn't really know what the title meant about bringing "science to the art of warfare" but the book laid out the clear and, in some cases, amazing examples of how...
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English
review 1: Reading O'Brian's The Fortune of War piqued my interest about the War of 1812. In The Fortune of War, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin get swept up in the war and are observer/participants in two of the most famous single ship battles in the history of the US Navy (the Constitutio...