Literate Lifetime

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." -- W. Fusselman

Looking for something great (and free) to read? Enter an author's name and/or a key word from a book title to search for entries in our database of public domain works.

by Rudyard Kipling (Author)

Text Source:

Text URL:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17689

Language:

Type:

E-book

Description:

Not available

Table of Contents:

Not available

Amazon.com Information:

Sales Rank:

86767

ISBN:

Page Count:

228

Detail Page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCKOYA

Download this text: Sea Warfare

Product Description

Work by the British author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, including The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and his novel, Kim (1901).

Customer Review: Excellent book.

Rudyard Kipling, author of the Jungle Books, also wrote this exciting account of two years at sea during World War I. "The main principles of sea-warfare," he begins, "hold good throughout all ages... For matters of detail the Navy, to whom all days are alike, has simply returned to the practice and resurrected the spirit of old days." This theme--that the march of time does not change the old spirit--is the leitmotif of Kipling's narrative, balanced upon the strange threshold of modern war, wherein cavalry detachments gallop toward the beach to exchange fire with submarines and wounded destroyers ram steel battleships as their crews leap into the sea, cheering for King and country. This tale only Kipling could tell, with numerous moments of suspense and fear illustrating the true face of warfare, yet with ironic glimpses of humor including old 19th-century naval songs set to new words that make this book also a wry commentary on a warfare that changes but yet remains the same. (--Lost Treasure Book Company).

Book Categories:

Kindle Store / Categories / Kindle Books / History / Military / World War I
Books / Subjects
Books / Refinements / Format (feature_browse-bin) / Kindle Books
Kindle Store / Categories / Kindle Books / Fiction / Action & Adventure