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Robin Phillips

Robin@books.babb.no

Joined 1 year, 8 months ago

Military history author (writing as Russell Phillips). Tabletop RPG and board game player. Lapsed wargamer.

Non-binary. They/them pronouns.

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Success! Robin Phillips has read 26 of 12 books.

Marc Jones: The Fireflies of Port Stanley (2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

Horribly biased

Very biased towards the British. Not only are the Argentinian junta portrayed as buffoonish clowns, luck always favours the British.

The Sherman Firefly's 17-pounder was undisputedly an excellent anti-tank gun in the 1940s. I find it difficult to believe that it would have been as effective in this scenario as the author portrays it, though, especially with nearly 40-year old ammunition.

It did manage to keep me engaged to the end, but it did feel like wish fulfilment.

Unfortunately the book suffers very badly from a lack of editing and inconsistent formatting.