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an extremely well done and researched book --<i>Naval Historical Foundation</i>; definitive --<i>Alligator Alley</i>; deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive account of the gunboats of World War II and their contributions --<i>National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Newsletter</i>; a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships. The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian's shelf --<i>H-Net Reviews</i>.

an extremely well done and researched book --Naval Historical Foundation; definitive --Alligator Alley; deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive account of the gunboats of World War II and their contributions --National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Newsletter; a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships. The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian's shelf --H-Net Reviews.

a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships. The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian's shelf --H-Net Reviews an extremely well done and researched book --Naval Historical Foundation deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive account of the gunboats of World War II and their contributions --National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Newsletter definitive --Alligator Alley Rielly gives a definitive history of an often-forgotten class of naval vessels... The exhaustively researched book is an authoritative account of the vessels... Rielly's work is both well researched and eminently readable. Read in parts of from start to finish, it will broaden the understanding of amateur and professional historians alike. Rielly has made a valuable and complete addition to the naval and amphibious history of the Second World War in the Pacific. --The Northern Mariner

an extremely well done and researched book --Naval Historical Foundation definitive --Alligator Alley deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive account of the gunboats of World War II and their contributions --National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Newsletter a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships. The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian's shelf --H-Net Reviews.

"""a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships. The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian's shelf""--H-Net Reviews ""an extremely well done and researched book""--Naval Historical Foundation ""deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive account of the gunboats of World War II and their contributions""--National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Newsletter ""definitive""--Alligator Alley ""Rielly gives a definitive history of an often-forgotten class of naval vessels... The exhaustively researched book is an authoritative account of the vessels... Rielly's work is both well researched and eminently readable. Read in parts of from start to finish, it will broaden the understanding of amateur and professional historians alike. Rielly has made a valuable and complete addition to the naval and amphibious history of the Second World War in the Pacific.""--The Northern Mariner"

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Robin L. Rielly previously taught U.S. history, Asian studies and international relations. He serves as historian for the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 and lives in Manchester, New Jersey, USA.

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