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Abbazia, Patrick. Mr. Roosevelt's Navy: The Private War of the United States Atlantic Fleet, 1939-1942. Annapolis: NIP, 1975, xii, 520 pp. Scholarly analysis; series of incidents.
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20th C. (1900-1999); anti-submarine warfare; Battle of the Atlantic; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Battle of the Atlantic, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, U-boat, ASW, sonar , world war 2, second world war, united states navy, US navy, american president
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Abbe, Ernest C. & Gillis, Frank J. "Henry Hudson and the Early Expedition and Mapping of Hudson Bay, 1610 to 1631." See J. Parker, Merchants and Scholars, pp. 87-116.
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17th C. (1600-1699); cartography; Colonial America; exploration; personality; river;
Keywords:
exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , river, 17th century, seventeenth, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Acker, F.C. "Taranto: 'ABC' Copenhagen the Enemy." USNIP, 73 (August 1947): 906-12. A.B. Cunningham.
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Anglo-Italian; battles; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Anglo-Italian, Italy , battles, world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Adams, Bruce & Howlett, Robert A. Battleground South Pacific. Sydney: Reed; Rutland: Tuttle, 1970, 223 pp. Foreword: Arthur Lee; "Then and Now" approach; beautiful illustrations; ruins & present situation; e.g., Coastwatchers of RAN.
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Anglo-Japanese; coast watcher; intelligence; Royal Australian Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , coast watcher, Pacific War, Royal Australian Navy, Pacific Island, intelligence , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
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Adams, Bruce. Rust in Peace: South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited. Sydney: Antipodean, 1975, 1976, 239 pp. Included site of shootdown of Admiral Yamamoto; monument to Coastwatchers.
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Anglo-Japanese; coast watcher; Royal Australian Navy; World War II; wreck;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , coast watcher, Pacific War, Royal Australian Navy, Pacific Island, intelligence , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , world war 2, second world war
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Adams, Henry. "Inauguration of the Trafalgar Way 2005." Nel Dis, 9 (April 2006): 94-100. Feature of Bicentennial "New Trafalgar Dispatch Project"; route of Lt. Lapenotiere of HMS Pickle, Falmouth to Whitehall; inaugurated August 2005; special Ordnance Survey Map.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 21st C. (2000-); cartography; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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19th century, nineteenth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical
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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, Thomas A. Irish Naval Service. World Ship Society Monograph Series, # 4. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1982, 72 pp. History of service from 1922; issues: Treaty Ports, secession from Commonwealth & denial of use of "Treaty Ports" during 2nd World War.
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Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , neutrality, neutral, treaty , world war 2, second world war
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Adams, Thomas A. "The Control of British Merchant Shipping." See S. Howarth, Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 158-78.
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Admiralty; Battle of the Atlantic; merchant marine; World War II;
Keywords:
Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , merchant marine, world war 2, second world war, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Adams, Thomas R. Rare Americana: One Hundred and One Books, Prints and Maps Not in the John Carter Brown Library. Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1974, 77 pp. By the Director, listing items desired to be acquired by the library.
Categories:
bibliography; cartography; literature; naval guide; naval lore;
Keywords:
bibliography, list, listing , literature, culture, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Adams, Thomas R. The Non-Cartographical Maritime Works Published by Mount and Page: A Preliminary Hand-List. The Bibliographical Society Occasional Papers Series. London: Bibliographical Society, 1985, xiv, 54 pp. Folio; 106 entries; Mount & Page, begun in 1656, publishers of maritime works into 18th century.
Categories:
17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; cartography; maritime history; naval guide;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, bibliography, list, listing , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , maritime history, naval history , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction
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Adamson, Hans Christian & Klem, Per. Blood on the Midnight Sun. New York: Norton, 1964, 282 pp. Norwegian campaign; removal of gold reserves to UK.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , economics, economic policy, invasion, armada, landing , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , world war 2, second world war
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Adamson, Iain. The Forgotten Men: Commandos in War-Time China. London: Bell; New York: Roy, 1965, 1970, 195 pp. British & Australian commandos leading Chinese guerrillas against Japanese; Mission 204 to China, January 1942; overall a failure due to personnel deficiencies.
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Anglo-Chinese; Anglo-Japanese; commando; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Anglo-Chinese, China, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Adcock, Al. United States Flush Deck Destroyers in Action. Warship in Action Series, # 19. Carrollton: Squadron/Signal, 2003, 50 pp. 150 illustrations; built, 1918-1943; 50 to Britain; ultimately service in navies of Canada, Russia & Japan.
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Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Special Relationship; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 2, second world war, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA
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Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005, 2006, xii, 308 pp. Full & balanced coverage of a 90-year career; Churchill, twice First Lord & Prime Minister; "former naval person"; "Special Relationship" only special one way, U.S. dominated, & Churchill at fault.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; Royal Navy; Special Relationship; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Adlam, Henry. On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007. "Hank" Adlam; memoir, RAF aerial operations.
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Aircraft carrier; aviation; memoir; naval lore; Royal Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Agar, Augustus. Footsteps in the Sea. London: Evans, 1959, 336 pp. Memoir, 1st & 2nd World Wars; secret operations in Baltic in 1st; shipped gold reserves of Britain to U.S. in 2nd.
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Anglo-German; Anglo-Russian; Baltic; economics; intelligence; memoir; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , economics, economic policy, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Agar, Herbert. The Darkest Years: Britain Alone, June 1940-June 1941. New York: Doublday; London: Bodley Head, 1972, 1973, 228 pp. Alt. title: Britain Alone.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo: Kodansha; New York: Harper; New York: Hill & Wang, 1965, 1979, 1992, 397 pp. Trans: John Bester; Yamamoto, 1884-1943, early service in the U.S. & Britain; the most authoritative Japanese biography.
Categories:
Anglo-Japanese; Far East; interwar; officer; personality; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, interwar
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 |