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Abadi, Jacob. Britain's Withdrawal from the Middle East, 1947-1971: The Economic and Strategic Imperatives. Kingston Press Series. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1982, 1983, xvii, 283 pp.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); economics; impressment; Middle East; strategy;
Keywords:
Middle East, strategy, economics, economic policy, 20th century, twentieth, impressment
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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.
Categories:
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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Acerra, Martine & Meyer, Jean. Marines et Revolution. Rennes: Quest-France, 1988, 285 pp. General history.
Categories:
age of sail; Anglo-French; maritime history; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, Anglo-French, France , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, maritime history, naval history
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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;
Keywords:
Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Anglo-Italian, Italy , battles, world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell. The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825. London: Methuen; New York: St. Martin; London: Prion, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1974, 1998, xviii, 731 pp. Acton, 1904-1994; included section on Nelson at Naples in 1790s.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Hamilton, Emma; Naples; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell. Three Extraordinary Ambassadors. London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, 64 pp. Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures, # 15, Birkbeck College, London; Henry Wooten, Horace Mann & Sir William Hamilton; Anglo-Italian relations.
Categories:
Anglo-Italian; diplomacy; Hamilton, Emma; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Anglo-Italian, Italy , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adam, Frank. Henscherin der Meere: Die Britische Flotte zur Zeit Nelson. Hamburg: Koehlers, 1998, 345 pp. Early version of next entry.
Categories:
age of sail; historian; nautical fiction; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Nelson, Horatio, historian, history, historical, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adam, Frank. Hornblower, Bolitho and Company: Krieg unter Segeln in Roman und Geschichte. Frankfort: Ullstein, 1987, 1992, 204 pp. Survey of nautical fiction concentrating on Royal Navy, 1775-1815; Forester, Hardy, Kent, Parkinson, Pope, Woodman, Maynard, O'Brian, Styles, Forrest, Meacham & Meredith; tables of time periods when fictional seamen operated.
Categories:
age of sail; historian; nautical fiction; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , historian, history, historical, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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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.
Categories:
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.
Categories:
19th C. (1800-1899); 21st C. (2000-); cartography; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
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.
Categories:
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.
Categories:
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, Max. Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, 333 pp. Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810; succeeded Nelson as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet; brilliant career.
Categories:
Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Adams, Max. "Admiral Collingwood: The Real Jack Aubrey?" Traf Chron, 18 (2008): 247-54.
Categories:
Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; nautical fiction; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, nautical fiction, sea fiction , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, Max. "After Nelson. . . . Viva Collingwood." Traf Chron, 17 (2007): 62-70. Lamented serious neglect of Collingwood & achievements.
Categories:
Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Adams, Max. Trafalgar's Lost Hero: Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005, 400 pp.
Categories:
Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Napoleon; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Collingwood, Cuthbert, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adams, Ralph James Quincy, ed. The Great War, 1914-1918: Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War. Texas A&M Military History Series, # 17. College Station: Texas A&M UP; London: Macmillan, 1990, vii, 195 pp. 10 essays, some cited; symposium, Texas A&M, 4-5 April 1988; various assessments by experts.
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general history, general survey, survey, world war 1, first world war
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Adams, Ralph James Quincy. Balfour: The Last Grandee. London: Murray, 2007, 479 pp. First Lord; major new biography; sympathetic.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); First Lord; Imperial Defence; Middle East; personality; World War I;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Middle East, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Adams, Simon L. The Armada Campaign of 1588. New Appreciations in History Series, # 13. London: Historical Association, 1988, 24 pp.
Categories:
16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; armada; English Channel; general history; invasion;
Keywords:
16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing , general history, general survey, survey
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 |