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Abernathy, David B. The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000, 2001, viii, 524 pp.
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colonialism; enterprise; exploration; imperialism; sea power;
Keywords:
exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , sea power
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Abulafia, David, ed. The Mediterranean in History. London: Thames & Hudson; Los Angeles: Paul Getty Museum, 2003, 320 pp. Large folio, over 300 illustrations; 8 essays, some cited; sea power, maritime empires, e.g., Venetian, Genoese, Ottoman, French, British, Italian & Arabian, trade, war from the earliest times; praise for Fernand Braudel.
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expansion; exploration; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power; venice arsenal;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), sea power, venice arsenal
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Abulafia, David. The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms, 1200-1500: The Struggle for Dominion. Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1997, xix, 300 pp.
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expansion; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea power, middle ages (400-1399)
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Acerra, Martine & Meyer, Jean. L'Empire Des Mers: Des Galions aux Clippers. London: Nathan, 1990, 282 pp. Lavishly illustrated; Madam Acerra, leading French naval historian; essays on development of shipping, naval & merchant.
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Anglo-French, France , historian, history, historical, merchant marine, sea power, ship, boat, vessel
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Acerra, Martine, ed. Etat, marine et societe: Textes et Publies par Martine Acerra. . . . Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1995, xxvii, 463 pp. Essays, some cited: homage to Jean Meyer; bibliography.
Categories:
Anglo-French; association; bibliography; historian; sea power;
Keywords:
Anglo-French, France , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, historian, history, historical, bibliography, list, listing
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Acworth, Bernard. The Navies of Today and Tomorrow: A Study of the Naval Crisis from Within. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930, xvii, 277 pp. Addendum: limitation of armaments; concern about "pacificism" of 1920s; critique of present policies.
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Anglo-German; critique of Royal Navy; disarmament; interwar; Royal Navy; sea power;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power
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Acworth, Bernard. The Navy and the Next War: A Vindication of Sea Power. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934, xiii, 305 pp. Dedication: Admiral Reginald Custance; sequel to previous entry; opposition to present policies.
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Anglo-German; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; Royal Navy; sea power; strategy;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power, strategy, strategic, interwar
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Acworth, Bernard. The Restoration of England's Sea Power: Being a Second Edition of The Navy and the Next War. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935, xiv, 305 pp. Four new chapters, e.g., air power & sea power; Anglo-German Naval Accord.
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Anglo-German; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; Royal Navy; sea power; strategy;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power, interwar, strategy, strategic
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Adams, Jack. The Doomed Expedition: Campaign in Norway, 1940. London: Leo Cooper, 1989, 1990, xiv, 198 pp. Day-by-day account, 3 September 1939-8 June 1940; focused on land operations; air power was decisive, perhaps for first time.
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amphibious; Anglo-German; aviation; invasion; Norway; Royal Navy; sea power; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, sea power
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Adams, John A. If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War: An Analysis of World War II Naval Strategy. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2008, x, 458 pp. "Teachings" & "lessons" of Mahan; Robert Love & Jon Sumida: "not impressed"; failed to use all of Mahan.
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Anglo-Japanese; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; sea power; strategy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , sea power, world war 2, second world war, strategy, strategic
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Adams, William Henry Davenport. England on the Sea: Or, the Story of the British Navy, Its Decisive Battles and Great Commanders. 2 vols. London: F.V. White, 1885.
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battles; general history; leadership; Royal Navy; sea; sea power;
Keywords:
battles, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adie, W.A.C. Oil, Politics, and Seapower: The Indian Ocean Vortex. New York: National Strategy Information Center, 1975, 97 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); imperialism; Indian Ocean; oil ; propulsion ; sea power;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, oil , propulsion , sea power
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; London: Abacus, 2006, 2007, xxvi, 534 pp. Social history approach, incorporating songs, poems, pamphlets; conclusion: "ultimately the war against Napoleon was won by the officers and men of the British Navy."
Categories:
Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; battles; Napoleon; Nelson, Horatio; officer; Royal Navy; sea power; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, officer, quarterdeck, leader , sea power
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh & Pope, Jennie Barnes. Sea Lanes in Wartime: The American Experience, 1775-1942. New York: Norton; London: Allen & Unwin; Hamden: Archon, 1942, 1943, 1968, 367 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); commerce; sea power; strategy; trade; United States Navy; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, commerce, trade, business, sea power, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, united states navy, US navy, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, Baker, William A. & Labaree, Benjamin W. New England and the Sea. American Maritime Library Series, vol. 5. Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1972, xiv, 299 pp. Folio; illus: Marion V. Brewington.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-American; Colonial America; commerce; sea; sea power;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, commerce, trade, business
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.
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Admiralty; age of sail; architecture; Baltic; Colonial America; commerce; diplomacy; logistics; sea power; ship; shipbuilding; trade;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Makers of Naval Policy, 1798-1947. Annapolis: NIP, 1948, 1980, x, 737 pp. Ed: Rowena Reed; official administrative history of U.S. Navy; comprehensive & critical; written in 1948 but not published until 1980.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; age of sail; age of steam; Anglo-American; sea power; strategy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, sea power, strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Problems of Sea Power. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1935, 14 pp.
Keywords:
sea power, strategy, strategic, tactics, commerce, trade, business
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862." MM, 38 (February 1952): 4-22. Also Maritime Miscellany Series, # 5; elaboration on his Forests and Sea Power, 1926.
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , logistics, supply, supplies, sea power
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Alford, Jonathan, ed. Sea Power and Influence: Old Issues and New Challenges. Farnborough: Gower, 1980, vi, 220 pp. For International Institute for Strategic Studies; papers from annual conference of IISS, "Power at Sea," Ronneby Brunn, Sweden, 1975; credit to Mahan & Richmond.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); association; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; sea power; strategy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |