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Abbot, Willis John. Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development and Present Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. New York: Putnam, 1918, 382 pp.

Keywords:

aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, weapon, arms trade , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, U-boat, ASW, sonar

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Alger, Philip. The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery: A Study of the Principals and Practices of Exterior Ballistics. . . . Annapolis: [NIP], 1917, 331 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Royal Navy, Britain, England, science , weapon, arms trade

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Allen, Matthew. "The Employment of Untried Technology: British Naval Tactics in the Ironclad Era." War in History, 15 (July 2008): 269-93. Gun, ram, torpedo; gun prevailed.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade

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Allen, Scott. "A Comparison of the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty of 1922 and the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements of 1972." Ph.D. diss, Hawaii, 1976, 227 pp. (DAI 37/08, p. 5340).

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , missile, rocket, ballistic missile, nuclear , strategy, strategic, weapon, arms trade

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Allin, Lawrence Carroll. "An Antediluvian Monstrosity: The Battleship Revisited." See W. Cogar, NHS-7, pp. 284-92.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , gunnery, gun, weapon , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , propulsion , weapon, arms trade , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy

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Andrews, David "Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat beyond 2020." See P. O'Brien, Technology & Naval Combat, pp. 248-62.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Annis, Philip Geoffrey Walter. Naval Swords: British and American Naval Edged Weapons, 1600-1815. London: Arms & Armour; Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1970, 80 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, sword, united states navy, US navy, weapon, arms trade

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Anthony, Ian. The Naval Arms Trade. Stockholm: SIPRI; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1990, xii, 221 pp. Featured: Australia, New Zealand, Canada & India; included naval arms: warships, missiles, aircraft.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, gunnery, gun, weapon , mine, underwater weapon, missile, rocket, ballistic missile, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , weapon, arms trade , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1984. Annapolis: NIP; Poole: Blandford, 1984, 416 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; completely revised edition.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy, 1860-1970. Annapolis: NIP; London: Blandford, 1971, 240 pp. 2500 listed.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon

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Archibald, Edward H.H. The Wooden Fighting Ships in the Royal Navy, AD 897-1860. London: Blandford; New York: Arco, 1968, 1970, 174 pp. Illus: Ray Woodward; much useful detail, naval architecture.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , gunnery, gun, weapon , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , weapon, arms trade

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Armstrong, George Elliot. Torpedoes and Torpedo Vessels. Royal Navy Handbooks Series, # 3. London: G. Bell, 1896, 1901, xvi, 287 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade

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Arnold, Lorna & Pyne, Katherine. Britain and the H-Bomb. London: Palgrave, 1991, 2001, 288 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, nuclear , weapon, arms trade

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Arnold, Lorna & Smith, Mark. Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, xiv, 322 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , strategy, strategic

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Arnold, Lorna. A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapons Trials in Australia. London: HMSO, 1987, xiv, 322 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Art, Robert J. & Ockenden, Stephen E. "The Domestic Politics of Cruise Missile Development." See R. Betts, Criuse Missiles, pp. 359-414. Included navy & sea-launched cruise missiles.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, missile, rocket, ballistic missile, Royal Navy, Britain, England, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade

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Art, Robert J. The Influence of Foreign Policy on Seapower: New Weapons & Weltpolitik in Wilhelmian Germany. Sage Professional Papers in International Studies Series, # 2. London: Sage, 1973, 1978, 49 pp. Crucial "turn to the Right;" era of personal rule.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , sea power, weapon, arms trade , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Arvin, L.P. "Churchill as Minister of Munitions: A Study of Domestic Decision-Making in Wartime." Ph.D. diss, Claremont 1986.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , strategy, strategic, weapon, arms trade , interwar

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Ashley, L.R.N. "The Royal Air Force and Sea Mining in World War II." Air University Quarterly Review, 14 (Summer 1963): 38-48. Recounted successes.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, mine, underwater weapon, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, weapon, arms trade , world war 2, second world war

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Ashley, Roger. "War in the Ordnance Office: The Essex Connection and Sir John Davis." HR, 67 (1994): 337-45.

Categories:

Admiralty; gunnery; weapons;

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, weapon, arms trade , gunnery, gun, weapon

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

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