Author: Thomas Allnutt Brassey Brassey (2d earl)Publisher:
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Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Brassey's Naval Annual
Author: Thomas Allnutt Brassey Brassey (2d earl)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Brassey's Naval Annual
Author: Royal United Services Institute for Defence StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Brassey's Naval and Shipping Annual
Author: The Price of Victory
Author: N A M RodgerPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1846147239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 905
Book Description
The final instalment of N.A.M. Rodger's definitive, authoritative trilogy on Britain's naval history At the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty was full of ‘intellects becalmed in the smoke of Trafalgar’. How the Royal Navy reformed and reinvigorated itself in the course of the nineteenth century is just one thread in this magnificent book, which refuses to accept standard assumptions and analyses. All the great actions are here, from Navarino in 1827 (won by a daringly disobedient Admiral Codrington) to Jutland, D-Day, the Battle of the Atlantic and the battles in the Pacific in 1944/45 in concert with the US Navy. The development and strategic significance of submarine and navy air forces is superbly described, as are the rapid evolution of ships (from classic Nelsonic type, to hybrid steam/sail ships, then armour-clad and the fully armoured Dreadnoughts and beyond) and weapons. The social history of officers and men – and sometimes women – always a key part of the author’s work, is not neglected. Rodger sets all this in the essential context of politics and geo-strategy. The character and importance of leading admirals – Beatty, Fisher, Cunningham – is assessed, together with the roles of other less famous but no less consequential figures. Based on a lifetime’s learning, it is the culmination of one of the most significant British historical works in recent decades. Naval specialists will find much that is new here, and will be invigorated by the originality of Rodger’s judgements; but everyone who is interested in the one of the central threads in British history will find it rewarding.
Brassey's Annual; the Armed Forces Year-book
Author: A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1880-[95]: 1891-1895
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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
The Naval Annual
Author: Sessional Index
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Services Institute for Defence StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description