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Books on: navy history

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Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants

Book by K. Jack Bauer, Stephen S. Roberts; Greenwood Press, 1991

Subjects:

United States--Navy--History, United States--Navy--Lists Of Vessels, Warships--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

This authoritative register brings a wealth of detailed information about all the major combat ships in the U.S. Navy--from the sail frigates of the Revolution to today's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
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Navy and the Nation: The Influence of the Navy on Modern Australia

Book by David Stevens, John Reeve; Allen & Unwin, 2005

Subjects:

Australia--Royal Australian Navy, Australia--Royal Australian Navy--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - 20th century. 2...industries - Australia - History. 1. Australia. Royal Australian Navy. II. Title. 355.070994...Australian Centenary History of Defence: The Royal Australian Navy (2001), (co-ed) The...
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The Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century

Book by Ian Speller; Frank Cass, 2005

Subjects:

Great Britain--History, Naval--20th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--History--20th Century, Sea-Power--Great Britain--History--20th Century

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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Desert Storm at Sea: What the Navy Really Did

Book by Marvin Pokrant; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Naval Operations, American, United States--Navy--History--Persian Gulf War, 1991

Collections: History, Entire Library

Desert Storm was the largest naval operation since World War II. Although naval forces did not play the central role, they fulfilled an important function throughout the operation, facing many formidable challenges and considerable risk. This book provides a close examination of the problems ...
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Desert Storm was the largest naval operation since World War II. Although naval forces did not play the central role, they fulfilled an important function throughout the operation, facing many formidable challenges and considerable risk. This book provides a close examination of the problems encountered by the Navy, both in the military situation and in dealing with the other services, and the decisions made to address these issues. While interservice rivalries sometimes intruded at higher levels, jointness at the tactical level often led to effective combined-arms operations.
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The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and Policy

Book by Christopher Lloyd; Greenwood Press, 1974

Subjects:

Great Britain--History, Naval, Great Britain--Royal Navy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...THE NAVY THE NATION and the NAVY A HISTORY OF NAVAL LIFE AND POLICY...History, Naval. 2. Great Britain. Navy--History. I. Title. DA85. L55 1974 942...understanding of the early history of the Navy. The Captain and his Lieutenant...

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Journal Articles on: navy history

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The U.S. Navy and the Late Nineteenth-Century Steel Industry

Journal article by Kurt Hackemer; The Historian, Vol. 57, 1995

Subjects:

Steel industry--Military policy, United States. Navy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...would it "be fitting for the history of the new navy to be written in detail...standard reference in naval history. First, the navy initiated contact with industry...both military and economic history. Although the navy pushed and prodded the steel...
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American Naval Shipbuilding, 1890-1989

Journal article by William D. Walters Jr.; The Geographical Review, Vol. 90, 2000

Subjects:

Navy-yards and naval stations--History, Shipbuilding--History, United States. Navy--History

Collections: Entire Library

...any nation in the history of the world (Figure...construction at government navy yards, and the development...Differences between U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Costs...Philadelphia: A 300 Year History, edited by R. F...Department of the Navy, Naval Historical...Shipbuilding Corporation: A History and Record. New York...
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The Blockade Board of 1861 and Union Naval Strategy

Journal article by Kevin J. Weddle; Civil War History, Vol. 48, 2002

Subjects:

Military art and science--History, Military strategy--History, Sea-power--History, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Navy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...comprehensive, modern naval history of the war, "no historian...strategists and the navy." (5) While several...River: The Naval History of the Civil War...the United States Navy During the Civil...the Society for the History of Technology 11...the Philadelphia Navy Yard, was relatively...
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Valuing Innovation Where You Find It

Journal article; Parameters, Vol. 36, 2006

Subjects:

Naval art and science--History, Naval ordnance--History, Naval warfare--History, Ordnance, Naval--History, United Kingdom. Royal Navy--History

Collections: Entire Library

...seamanship, the nineteenth-century Royal Navy was unready for war. Responsibility for...not a visionary. What he wanted was a navy trained to use the more powerful guns with...disturbed the tranquility of the peacetime navy. But Scott was not alone, and he was promoted...
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African Americans in the Navy during the Civil War: Interview with Steven J. Ramold and William B. Gould IV

Journal article by Helen Hannon; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004

Subjects:

African Americans in the navy during the Civil War: interview with Steven J. Ramold and William B. Gould IV. (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...sailors in the U. S. Navy. Two recent books contribute to the history of African American...to research naval history because we are often...curious about the Navy. It was different...that the Civil War Navy "was remarkably modern...African American history where everything...

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Magazine Articles on: navy history

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Protecting the Rump: We Continue Our Series of Pen-Portraits of Less-Well-Known Parliamentarians with a Sketch of Richard Salwey, Member of the Long Parliament and Commissioner for the Navy

Magazine article by Stephen K. Roberts; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003

Subjects:

English Commonwealth, 1649-1660--17th century AD, English Commonwealth, 1649-1660--History, Legislators--17th century AD, Legislators--History, Legislators--Political activity, Salwey, Richard--History, Salwey, Richard--Political activity, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons--History, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons--Officials and employees

Collections: History, Entire Library

...was close. Salweys power base lay in London trade and in the navy. Unfortunately, he was on collision course with the ambitions...article written for the 1640-60 House of Commons section of the History of Parliament by Stephen K. Roberts. A Dutch engraving of...
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Seeing Some Black in the Union Jack: Craig Spence Uncovers Records of Black and Asian Sailors in the Pictorial Archives of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Magazine article by Craig Spence; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002

Subjects:

Art and war--Analysis, Sailors, United Kingdom. Royal Navy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and Asian sailors to the Royal Navy is illustrated in a number of paintings. A fine social history painting depicting such recruitment...black seamen. The merchant navy during the Second World War...recounting this episode of recent history. After the Second World War...
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The End of the Implacable

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 49, December 1999

Subjects:

United Kingdom. Royal Navy--History, Warships--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...She was sailed into Plymouth Sound and adopted into the Royal Navy. As the Implacable, she saw action against the Russians in the...shortly before the First World War. Implacable took a ballast of history as well as pig-iron with her when she went down. Her stern now...
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Naval Grazing in Nelson's Fleet: Janet MacDonald Looks at the Surprisingly Good Rations That Kept the Jack-Tars Jolly

Magazine article by Janet Macdonald; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004

Subjects:

Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era (Book)--Excerpts, Navies--19th century AD, Navies--Food and nutrition, Operational rations (Military supplies)--19th century AD, Operational rations (Military supplies)--History, Operational rations (Military supplies)--Usage, Sailors--19th century AD, Sailors--Food and nutrition, United Kingdom. Royal Navy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...CONTRARY TO POPULAR MYTH, the diet of sailors in the Royal Navy in Nelsons time was both plentiful and of good quality; most...was arrack and in the West Indies it was rum. Feeding Nelsons Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era by Janet MacDonald...
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A Navy Story

Magazine article by Ruth Conniff; The Progressive, Vol. 62, January 1998

Subjects:

Chauvinism and jingoism--Media coverage, Military policy--Media coverage, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Media coverage, United States. Navy--Media coverage

Collections: Entire Library

...was "one of the most disturbing episodes in U.S. journalistic history," according to the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy...cited a Gulf War incident in which a boatload of reporters on a Navy aircraft carrier agreed not to report what they saw when a plane...

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Newspaper Articles on: navy history

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Touching Navy History; Hands-On Museum for All Ages

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 22, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Touching Navy History; Hands-On Museum for All Ages...museums history may seem like family history. "I might end up joining the Navy .. or the Marines," says 17-year-old...Call 202/433-4882, or visit www.history.navy.mil. Food: An assortment of chain...
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Navy Wings of Gold: A History Lesson

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Navy Wings of Gold: A History Lesson. Byline: Ed Timperlake , SPECIAL...David Ingalls, was the first and only Navy Ace (five confirmed kills) of World War I and eventually served was assistant Navy secretary. During World War II, Artemous...
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U.S. Admiral Touts Close Ties with Japanese Navy; Nurtures 'Habitual Relationships' from Pearl Harbor Headquarters

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 15, 2005

Subjects:

United States. Navy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...rests at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. "The history that surrounds us is real," said Adm. Doran...staff, to tell him what operations the U.S. Navy planned in the Indian Ocean. In turn...Services Staff College, outlined what his navy planned. Consequently, Adm. Doran said...
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The U.S. Navy and Its Early Days

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 25, 2007

Subjects:

United States. Navy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...PA Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the US Navy, by Ian Toll (W.W. Norton, $27...1806, most such conflicts in the Navy occurred overseas, out of the...are concealed in the mists of history. Mr. Guttridge feels the bitterness...
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Calvin Klein and Burberry? Try the Royal Navy for Size

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 16, 2006

Subjects:

United Kingdom. Royal Navy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Iraq and Afghanistan. According to IMG vice-president Simon Greswell, the Royal Navy and sub-brands such as the Royal Marines, offer a unique combination of history and heritage that will attract retailers. However, current and serving sailors were...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: navy history

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Navy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...altered the role of the navy in a nations strategy...of Sea Power upon History (1890); B. Brodie...E. Howe, Compact History of the United States Navy (rev. ed. 1967...Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy (2006...
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Civil War , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Irrepressible Conflict, 1850 1865 ("History of American Life" series, Vol...repr. 1969); J. F. Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861 1865...S. West, Jr., Mr. Lincolns Navy (1957); S. Foote, The Civil...American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War (ed. by R...
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Constitution , Ship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...perhaps the most famous vessel in the history of the U.S. navy. Authorized by Congress in 1794...ship was laid up at the Portsmouth navy yard in 1855 and was there used...1897 it was stored at the Boston navy yard, and in 1927 30, under authorization...
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Confederate Cruisers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CONFEDERATE CRUISERS in U.S. history, warships constituting the Souths seagoing navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War the United States ranked next to Great Britain in merchant marine. Since almost all of the tonnage...
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Teapot Dome

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TEAPOT DOME in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during...Hills, Calif., was transferred from the Navy Dept. to the Dept. of the Interior. The oil reserves had been set aside for the navy by President Wilson. In 1922, Albert B...

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