This history of the Royal Navy in the postwar years features accounts of campaigns and deployments during the Cold War, the Cod Wars, the Falklands War and the Gulf War. Roberts spent over thirty years with the Royal Navy, and he includes hundreds of historic photographs that illustrate such naval strategies as nuclear deterrence, peacekeeping, evacuations and withdrawals and group deployment. Recent naval deployments are also described such as Operation Telic, Operation Herrick and the ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. A foreword from the Prince of Wales is also included. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)