The Battle of the River Plate new edition

Though not a reference book, The Battle of the River Plate is a useful account of a significant naval action which, as the author points out, was not only the first of the Second World War, but one of the last to be fought in the traditional manner, before aircraft and radar became predominant. The victory of the Royal Navy was won by a combination of bravery and guile: bravery in engaging a stronger enemy vessel until she was damaged so severely that she had to take refuge in a neutral port, and guile in persuading her captain, by false...