This is one of the books about Jutland inevitably published around the centenary of the battle. This one, possibly also with Gary Staff's assessment of the battle purely from the German point of view, is one of the better of these volumes. The author writes compellingly, and the book not only addresses in an extremely competent and interesting way the story of the battle, but also deals with the controversy about the battle which lasted through the inter war years. This produces one of the most compelling assessments of the battle itself, and the outcome.