Butler Daniel A. Distant Victory: The Battle of Jutland and the Allied Triumph in the First World War

Praeger Security, 2006. — 251 p.Distant Victory is an examination of the great sea fight at Jutland (1916) that is more than a mere balance sheet of ships sunk and lives lost, or an account of which fleet fled before the other. Rather, it is an a retelling of the battle that reveals its long-term consequences set in motion by the decisions both the Germans and the British made as a result of each fleet's experience at Jutland. While the German High Seas Fleet could claim a tactical victory because it sank more ships and inflicted higher casualties on the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet than the British did to the Germans.