Aidan DodsonAIDAN DODSON has taught at the University of Bristol since 1996, and combines the disparate academic fields of naval history and Egyptology, being honorary Professor of the latter subject. He holds a BA from the University of Liverpool, and an MPhil nd a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and also worked as a civil servant in defence procurement for 25 years, acting as project leader for the former Falkland Islands patrol vessel, HMS Clyde. He is a regular contributor to the annual journal Warship, and author of some thirty books, the present volume being his sixth on a naval topic. Read More Read Less