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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, Valerie. "Logistical Support for the Falklands Campaign." JRUSI, 129 (September 1984): 43-49. Formidable challenge, enormous distances; responsibility of RN; planning, preparation & loading; reloading at Ascension Island base.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Argentine; Falkland; logistics; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War
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Adams, Valerie. The Falklands Conflict. Flashpoint Series. East Sussex: Wayland, 1988, 78 pp. Many illustrations; juvenile literature.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Argentine; Falkland; invasion; juvenile literature;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , invasion, armada, landing , juvenile literature, children's, junior
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Adams, Valerie. The Media and the Falklands Campaign. New York: St. Martin; London: Macmillan, 1986, x, 224 pp. Foreword: Lawrence Freedman; rigid control of information by Ministry of Defence; many "talking heads" speculating as armchair strategists; accusations of censorship; investigations.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Argentine; communication; critique of Royal Navy; Falkland; Imperial Defence; strategy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, strategy, strategic, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Adamthwaite, Anthony P. "Suez Revisited." International Affairs, 64 (Summer 1988): 449-64. Fresh appraisal after papers opened; revisionist: Suez had surprisingly little impact.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; invasion; Suez;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft
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Adamthwaite, Anthony P. "Suez Revisited." See M. Dockrill, British Foreign Policy, pp. 225-45.
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; invasion; Suez;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Adelson, Roger. London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994, 1995, xii, 244 pp. 72 illustrations; term first used by Mahan; emphasis on decision-making process, especially those of Balfour, Lloyd George, Churchill, Kitchener & Landsdown; issues: Baghdad Railway, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Dardanelles, secret diplomacy, Balfour Declaration, Lawrence of Arabia & "Empire on the Cheap."
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Gallipoli; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Middle East; oil ; personality;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Middle East, oil , economics, economic policy, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
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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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Airy, George Biddell. Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, . . . . Plautius, . . . . and by Claudius Caesar. . . . London, 1865. Collection of letters & papers; included paper on places of departure & landing of Caesar.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality;
Keywords:
ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Airy, George Biddell. "On the Place of Julius Caesar's Departure from Gaul for the Invasion of Britain, and the Place of His Landing in Britian: With an Appendix on the Battle of Hastings." Archaeologia, 34 (1852). By prolific observer.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality; port;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, invasion, armada, landing , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Aitchison, Robert. A British Eyewitness at the Battle of New Orleans: The Memoir of Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison, 1808-1827. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans, 2004, 149 pp. Ed: Gene A. Smith.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; battles; invasion; memoir; War of 1812;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Akehurst, John. We Won a War: The Campaign in Oman, 1965-1975. Salisbury: Michael Russell, 1982, xxiii, 198 pp. Foreword: Lord Carver; Dhofur War.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); diplomacy; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Middle East; oil ; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , oil , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Akiyama, Yuriko. Feeding the Nation: Nutrition and Health in Britain before World War One. London: I.B. Tauris, 2008, x, 293 pp. Cooks & health in RN.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition
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Akiyama, Yuriko. "Trained Cooks and Healthy Boys: Reforming the Mess in the Royal Navy before the First World War." MM, 94 (November 2008): 420-31.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; logistics; Royal Navy; victualling;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies
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Aldridge, David D. "The Victualling of the British Naval Expedition to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 12 (1964): 1-25. During this period, 9 separate expeditions into the Baltic; commanded by Sir John Norris, Byng & Wager; new theater of operations & new logistical problems; Victualling Board met requirements creditably.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Baltic; diplomacy; health; logistics; Royal Navy; trade; victualling;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Alexander, Joseph H. & Bartlett, Merrill L. Sea Soldiers in the Cold War: Amphibious Warfare, 1945-1991. Annapolis: NIP, 1995, xi, 220 pp. Operational history, e.g., Korea, Falklands, Middle East.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; Falkland; Korea; Middle East; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy
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Alexander, Joseph H. Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 2001, 53 pp. Author-expert on amphibious warfare; operations in Korean War.
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amphibious; invasion; Korea; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Robert Stephenson. Wartime with Shell: The Autobiography of R.S. (Bob) Allen. Newcastle: Shield, 1996, 144 pp. Folio; ed: Norman Middlemiss; petroleum tankers.
Categories:
age of steam; company; memoir; oil ; ship; trade; World War II;
Keywords:
age of steam, company, charter, shipping, commercial , oil , ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, world war 2, second world war, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Altschul, Michael. "By Land and By Sea: Medieval and Renaissance Warfare." Medieval Humanistica, 15 (1987): 211-13.
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amphibious; anglo-saxon; battles; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, anglo-saxon, battles, middle ages (400-1399), sea, ocean, maritime
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 |