Between them, these two books give a totally graphic description of what it was to serve in the RN at Jutland and the appalling damage caused by large calibre shells hitting the capital ships on both sides.
Both fascinating and sobering.
Yup.
Dreadnought (Robert K. Massie) is a great read as to
why this country got into the (really rather insane) battleship arms' race. The follow up,
Castles of Steel takes you through the "what happened next" when the fleets were in being, and is a highly readable account of the RN's actions in the Great War.
The Rules of the Game (Andrew Gordon) is, for me, the best book on Jutland. (Campbell is extremely dry for many). For those who've read/have some knowledge of Jutland, we've all wondered about the innumerable "what if's?" that prevented the action from being a war-shortening annihilation of the German High Seas Fleet. This book investigates the systemic failures of the RN (signals, initiative, technology) which led to all those "what if" moments. A brilliant read.
Andy