After the bitter lessons of German self-disarmament in 1919, Britain was far more alert and focused when it came to overseeing the disarmament of Germany's naval forces after World War II. This book shows how well-prepared the British were second time around.Choice -
Madsen, a young Canadian scholar, has made excellent use of US, Canadian, British, and German archives in this fresh, detailed look at one aspect of the German surrender in May 1945 .
The Northern Mariner
...this is a well researched and valuable work which should be read by naval and Cold War historians alike.
The International History Review
A most authoritative and, mercifully, readable study about the extinguishing of an old enemy.
War in History,2000
Madsen s case is built with care and on a solid corpus of research; the presentation is lucid and the argument cogent.