Swordfish
WRAGG, David
The Story of the Taranto Raid.
Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2003]
Stock code: 10089
Price: £22.00
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16;cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
It is argued that the attack on Taranto changed the nature of war at sea by shifting the aggressive emphasis to carrier-borne aircraft. This account of Operation JUDGEMENT focuses on the personalities involved and examines the strategic context.