Book Review: ‘Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British naval aviation and the defeat of the U-Boats’ by John J Abbatiello

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This book, one of the Frank Cass series on Naval Policy and History, fi lls a unique gap in the history of aviation and naval forces. Written by a serving offi cer in the USAF who holds a PhD from King’s College London, it is based upon an in-depth study of the use of British aircraft against German submarines in the latter part of the First World War. Being at the intersection of Air Force and Navy in Britain during the 1920s and early to mid 1930s was not a comfortable position, and much in contemporary writings revealed as much about the particular prejudices of the author(s) as it did about the subject. Abbatiello has not only gone back to the original source material for much previous work, but also introduces a new element in the form of a detailed analysis of the German submarine service’s experience of British air power, thus providing a far fuller picture.

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