London: Cassell, 1968. "This was the book that Britain's Royal Navy tried to stop. When author David Irving researched the history of the disastrous Anglo-American convoy operation PQ.17 of June 1942 he stumbled upon the guiltiest secrets in the Admiralty's locker: through their own blundering incompetence they had mis-read the intentions of the Nazi battle fleet, mis-interpreted the decoded signals, and abandoned the richly laden convoy of ships to certain destruciton by bombers and submarines in the sub-zero waters of the Arctic." CONDITION Blue bds with crisp Silver title (fresh with faintest of shelf wear) 337 pages with 60 photo illus, 7 maps and diagrams (nice clean copy with name to ffep, sl fore edge spotting). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good++/No Jacket. Large 8vo.