Author: Peter Benjamin EllisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Fisher, Churchill, and the Royal Navy, 1911-1915
Churchill and Fisher
Author: Barry GoughPublisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1459411366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A vivid study of the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty during the First World War. Churchill was locked together in a perilous destiny with the ageing British Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher, the professional master of the British Navy and the creator of the enormous battleships known as Dreadnoughts. Upon these 'Titans at the Admiralty' rested British command of the sea at the moment of its supreme test — the challenge presented by the Kaiser's navy under the dangerous Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. Churchill and Fisher had vision, genius, and energy, but the war unfolded in unexpected ways. There were no Trafalgars, no Nelsons. Press and Parliament became battlegrounds for a public expecting decisive victory at sea. An ill-fated Dardanelles adventure, 'by ships alone' as Churchill determined, on top of the Zeppelin raids on Britain brought about Fisher's departure from the Admiralty, in turn bringing down Churchill. They spent the balance of the war in the virtual wilderness. This dual biography, based on fresh and thorough appraisal of the Churchill and Fisher papers, is a story for any military history buff. It is about Churchill's and Fisher's war — how each fought it, how they waged it together, and how they fought against each other, face to face or behind the scenes. It reveals a strange and unique pairing of sea lords who found themselves facing Armageddon and seeking to maintain the primacy of the Royal Navy, the guardian of trade, the succour of the British peoples, and the shield of Empire.
Fisher, Churchill and the Dardenelles
Author: Geoffrey PennPublisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The forced resignation of German-born Prince Louis of Battenburg as head of the Royal Navy at the end of 1914 left Britain's sea arm under divided leadership in the early months of a world war.
Winston Churchill at the Admiralty, 1911-1915
Author: Robert MacGregor DawsonPublisher: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution
Author: Nicholas A. LambertPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570034923
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This volume explores the intrigue and negotiations between the Admiralty and domestic politicians and social reformers before World War I. It also explains how Britain's naval leaders responded to non-military, cultural challenges under the direction of Adimiral Sir John Fisher.
The Royal Navy and the German Threat 1901-1914
Author: Matthew S. SeligmannPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191640743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because the British Admiralty (rightly) believed that Germany's naval planners intended to arm their country's fast merchant vessels in wartime and send them out to attack British trade in the manner of the privateers of old. This threat to British seaborne commerce was so serious that the leadership of the Royal Navy spent twelve years trying to work out how best to counter it. Ever more elaborate measures were devised to this end. These included building 'fighting liners' to run down the German ones; devising a specialized warship, the battle cruiser, as a weapon of trade defence; attempting to change international law to prohibit the conversion of merchant vessels into warships on the high seas; establishing a global intelligence network to monitor German shipping movements; and, finally, the arming of British merchant vessels in self-defence. The manner in which German schemes for commerce warfare drove British naval policy for over a decade before 1914 has not been recognized before. The Royal Navy and the German Threat illustrates a new and important aspect of British naval history.
British imperialism in Cyprus, 1878–1915
Author: Andrekos VarnavaPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526118734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus. Much has been written about the British Empire’s construction outside Europe, yet there is little on the same themes in Britain’s tiny empire in ‘Europe’. This study follows Cyprus’ progress from a perceived imperial asset to an expendable backwater by explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus’ importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths. British Imperialism in Cyprus fills a gap in the existing literature on the early British period in Cyprus and challenges the received and monolithic view that British imperial policy was based primarily or exclusively on strategic-military considerations. The combination of archival research, cultural analysis and visual narrative that makes for an enjoyable read for academics and students of Imperial, British and European history.
In The Footsteps of Churchill
Author: Richard HolmesPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 078673499X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
As one of the most admired political leaders of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill holds iconic status in popular memory. But in this incisive new biography, acclaimed military historian Richard Holmes offers a remarkable reappraisal of Churchill by examining the influences that shaped his character. Drawing upon never-before-seen materials such as letters between the young Churchill and his parents, Holmes paints the most complete portrait to date of the man who stood up to Hitler and led his people to victory against all odds. Detailing the decisive events of Churchill's life -- from his childhood to his experiences in the Boer War through his rapid rise in politics -- Holmes demonstrates the central role Churchill's character played in the key decisions of his public life. With an already inflated sense of self, Churchill had several lucky escapes in combat -- in the Boer War and in the trenches of WWI -- convincing him that he was saved for a reason and was destined for greatness. In the Footsteps of Churchill uncovers a surprisingly different Churchill -- both admirable and difficult -- through the lens of his character.
Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940
Author: Patrick SalmonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521891028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Survey of the changing position of all four Nordic states in twentieth-century international relations.
1911-1914
Author: Winston ChurchillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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