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1.

The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and Policy » Read Now
by Christopher Lloyd. 314 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the great events of history, such as the Armada or...unpredictable era of naval warfare which faces the...an end the epoch of British maritime supremacy...which figure...
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The Invincible Armada and Elizabethan England » Read Now
by Garrett Mattingly. 56 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...seventeenth-century naval warfare. A kindred generalization...began the rise of the British and the decline of the...chapter of European history and establish a...
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The Royal Navy in America, 1760-1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution » Read Now
by Neil R. Stout. 227 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Most of this book is based on sources preserved in the British Public Record Office in London, which is staffed by...and Robert Greenhalgh Albion, who introduced me to...
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Great Britain and Sea Power, 1815-1853 » Read Now
by C. J. Bartlett. 364 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...neglected periods of British naval history. In particular there...synthesis, not of all naval history for the period, but...forces determining British naval policy...
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Decision at Trafalgar » Read Now
by Dudley Pope. 386 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the most famous naval campaign and battle in history from all practicable...the contending British, French and Spanish...ebb and flow of British naval history--and land...
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Nelson: A Personal History » Read Now
by Christopher Hibbert. 472 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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The Naval History of the World War » Read Now
by Thomas G. Frothingham. 352 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...German naval history, conceding this initial naval superiority...position of the British Islands...parallel in our history." But it...preparedness in the British Navy was...
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Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919 » Read Now
by Eric W. Osborne. 215 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

After three months of war the British admiralty realised that the Great War would last a long time. The Royal Navy was charged with preventing Germany receiving an enlarged list of goods. Eric Osborne analyses the impact of the British blockade which is nowadays considered to have been a success.
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Naval Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1940-1945 » Read Now
by Charles W. Koburger. 169 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The purpose of this book is two-fold. First, it presents in a single place a coherent account of the tumultuous naval events that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945, during World War II. Second, it aims to demonstrate in an interesting fashion what naval warfare in the narrow seas is really like.
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Iron Admirals: Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century » Read Now
by Ronald Andidora. 181 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Andidora tells the story of four men who successfully commanded battlefleets in the 20th century: Japan's Heihachiro Togo, England's John Jellicoe, and America's William Halsey and Raymond Spruance. This study provides personality profiles and detailed accounts of their major battles. Analyzing...
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Andidora tells the story of four men who successfully commanded battlefleets in the 20th century: Japan's Heihachiro Togo, England's John Jellicoe, and America's William Halsey and Raymond Spruance. This study provides personality profiles and detailed accounts of their major battles. Analyzing their command decisions based on what each commander knew or could have reasonably inferred at the time decisions were made, Andidora compares their accomplishments to those of Horatio Nelson, who delivered stunning naval victories for England during the Napoleonic Wars. However, he concludes that the Nelsonian standard is inappropriate in the modern naval environment due to the increased size and technological complexity of modern fleets and the political imperative to preserve costly and strategically significant naval assets.
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Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East, 1919-1939: Preparing for War against Japan » Read Now
by Andrew Field. 274 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

To understand why British naval policy in the Far East was so unsuccessful when the Japanese entered World War II, the author takes the reader back to the end of World War I and examines the roots of British naval strategy.
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The Royal Navy, 1930-1990: Innovation and Defence » Read Now
by Richard Harding. 299 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

During this period of sixty years, the Royal Navy went through a series of profound changes, responding to financial constraint in the 1930s, the challenge of World War II, the changing world order & the consequent refocusing of the service, as well as huge technical developments.
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The Royal Navy in the Falklands Conflict and the Gulf War: Culture and Strategy » Read Now
by Alastair Finlan. 214 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Alastair Finlan is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. He has also lectured at the American University in Cairo, Britannia Royal Navy College, Keele University and Plymouth University.
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The Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century » Read Now
by Ian Speller. 223 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Using a number of case studies based upon key Royal Navy operations in the 20th century, Ian Speller discusses the enduring principles of maritime power & examines the strengths & limitations of maritime forces as instruments of national policy.
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Britain's Anti-Submarine Capability, 1919-1939 » Read Now
by George Franklin. 208 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

In the introduction to this study of British anti-submarine capability in the inter-war years the author emphasizes that not one exercise in the protection of a slow mercantile convoy against submarine attack took place between 1919 and 1939. The British reliance and confidence in ASDIC was almost fatal.
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The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and Policy » Read Now
by Christopher Lloyd. 314 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library