This book marks the first comprehensive history of Britain's naval
bulwark, the Home Fleet. It illuminates the vital role that fleet played
in preserving Britain as a base of operations against Hitler. We see
portrayed the hard days of blockade, patrol, and battle that encompassed
the Home Fleet's war. And we see how that war was made harder by
weaknesses at the Admiralty and by the damaging interference of the
Minister of Defence - Winston Churchill.