War at Sea - Nathan Miller

I got this book and Hough's The Longest Battle at about the same time and read the Hough first.  As I indicated in that post, I was disappointed in that book, primarily due to the ending.  This book was well written and while it didn't have the detail on the Atlantic war that Hough had (which excelled in explaining the Mediterranean war at sea, including the significanec of Malta) it was better balanced overall and was a uniformly good read.  It had some occasional opinionated statements (primarily dealing MacArthur's insistence on retaking the Philippines) that, while I agreed with them, were far too black and white for a serious history.  But overall a good overview of the war at sea.  Although I learned things from both books - I have to admit one isn't a complete substitute for the other.