
Troubled Waters
How Iceland Won the Cod Wars
Nathan Morley(Author)
Amberley Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. September 2026
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-3981-2754-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the icy North Atlantic, a tiny nation took on a superpower - and won. No one has told the full story of the Cod Wars in book form - until now. Nathan Morley digs deep into the centuries-old struggle for cod, tracing Britain's presence in Icelandic waters back over 500 years. What unfolds is a raw, high-stakes drama: Britain, deploying warships and diplomatic muscle, versus Iceland, wielding conviction, cunning, and a fleet of trawlers. It was a clash not just over fish, but over sovereignty, survival, and the waning authority of empire.
With exclusive interviews, secret cables, and a personal connection - his own father was a fisherman caught in the storm - Morley reveals how Iceland turned a local dispute into a global reckoning. The Cod Wars were brief and bloodless, but they were quietly revolutionary.
With exclusive interviews, secret cables, and a personal connection - his own father was a fisherman caught in the storm - Morley reveals how Iceland turned a local dispute into a global reckoning. The Cod Wars were brief and bloodless, but they were quietly revolutionary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3981-2754-8 (9781398127548)
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Person
Nathan Morley is the author of 'Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War' and 'Holidays with Hitler' for Amberley and a biography of Kenneth More for Quiller Publishing. He is a journalist based in Nicosia and has worked for German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, as well as Austrian radio ORF and Vatican Radio. He enjoyed a decade-long career as a news anchor on Cyprus state television and radio.