Volume I: Superior Force : the
conspiracy behind the escape of Goeben
and Breslau
Volume II: Straits : British Policy
towards the Ottoman Empire and the
Origins of the Dardanelles Campaign
Volume III: The Millstone : British
Naval Policy in the Mediterranean,
1900-1914, the Commitment to France and
British Intervention in the War
These books provide a comprehensive
account of British naval and diplomatic
policy in the two decades prior to the Great
War, focusing in particular on the escape of
the German ships Goeben and Breslau
[Superior Force], the origins of the
Dardanelles Campaign [Straits], and the
political and diplomatic imperatives behind
the British decision to enter the war in
August 1914 [The Millstone].
Please note that, in addition to this
site, each book has its own, dedicated,
web-site.
At two of these sites, the full text is
available on-line: www.superiorforce.co.uk
[Superior Force first eight chapters] www.dardanelles.co.uk [Straits
complete text] www.the-millstone.co.uk [The
Millstone complete text]
EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS of SUPERIOR FORCE
THE [AMERICAN] JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY
One may not always follow the author to the
full extent of his interpretation, but at
the very least he has demonstrated that
[Admiral] Kerr would have had some difficult
questions to answer … Miller is so skilful
in analyzing the numerous errors on the
British and French side that facilitated the
escape of the Germans … this first volume on
the Goeben episode will be indispensable for
future naval historians
THE GALLIPOLIAN
Geoffrey Miller, whose research for his
trilogy has been monumental, reveals a tale
even more fascinating than previously
imagined. Nowhere more so than his
revelations concerning the role played by
Rear-Admiral Mark Kerr, Head of the British
Naval Mission to Greece … This is a work of
fine scholarship …
WARSHIP WORLD
Can anything new be said about the German
battle cruiser Goeben , the ship which
brought Turkey into the Great War and
changed the world? Yes it can — and this
book says it. Geoffrey Miller draws together
and evaluates previously published accounts
in the light of more recently available
evidence, which itself provides a great deal
of new information. Particular emphasis is
given to the part played by Greece and that
country’s British naval C-in-C (Rear-Admiral
Mark Kerr) … Author and publisher are to be
congratulated on producing a worthy
contribution, not just to naval history, but
to world history … a large, readable and
significant work.
UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS
Besides the new information on the
conspiracy, this is a comprehensive account
of the whole affair, encompassing the
political, diplomatic, and naval
implications and providing a great deal of
insight into the world-shattering events of
World War I.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GREAT WAR SOCIETY
Fine as Miller’s account is of the events at
sea, the book’s meat lies in the allegation
in the subtitle, which advances a contention
so novel that revisionistic is too mild a
term for it. This is that three
highly-placed individuals in Athens
connived, directly or indirectly, to abet
the escape … Miller’s version of events
seems confirmed by his highly impressive
research in primary sources … a valuable
contribution to Great War naval literature.
CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY JOURNAL
…an impressive book, and Miller is to be
commended for his diligence in piecing
together occasionally fragmentary evidence
into a convincing argument. Furthermore, he
has provided much new grist for people
interested in debating the "what might have
beens" of the Dardanelles expedition.
THE NAVAL REVIEW
The story of the ‘escape’ of Goeben and
Breslau in August 1914 from the pursuing
Mediterranean Fleet and their arrival in
Constantinople has been told many times. It
exerts a fascination because, without these
powerful reinforcements, Turkey might have
remained neutral in the First World War.
Russian trade through the Dardanelles might
have continued and the fate of the Russian
Empire and of the whole of the Middle East
might have been different. Geoffrey Miller
not only knows how to make the familiar
story exciting, he also reminds his readers
of aspects of the escape which other
accounts sometimes overlook … Superior Force
is a valuable and readable contribution to
naval and diplomatic history.
THE BOOKWATCH
Straits is a masterpiece of historical
scholarship. Also highly recommended is
Geoffrey Miller’s Superior Force tracing the
escape of the German battle cruiser Goeben
and her consort Breslau in the first days of
the war into the Dardanelles.
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Superior Force is an important, informative,
authoritative work of scholarship and an
asset to any military history collection on
the First World War.
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