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Allen, Matthew. "Rear Admiral Reginald Custance: Director of Naval Ingtelligence, 1899-1902." MM, 78 (February 1992): 61-75. DNI, leader of "syndicate of discontent," opponents of later Fisher reforms.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; architecture; battleship; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; intelligence; personality; Royal Navy; strategy; tactics;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, tactics, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
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Ayerst, David. Garvin of the Observer. Dover: Croom Helm, 1985, xii, 314 pp. Powerful influence on defense matters, early 20th century.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Fisher, John; Imperial Defence;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe. London: Cassell, 1936, xvi, 565 pp. Foreword: Reginald McKenna; authorized biography; much Beatty-bashing.
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Admiralty; battleship; Beatty, David; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Imperial Defence; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929, 640 pp. Authorized biography; praise of McKenna, critical of Balfour.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Churchill, Winston; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister
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Barnett, Correlli. "British Military Archives: Churchill College Archives Centre." JSAHR, 61 (Summer 1983): 77-79. By the then Keeper; e.g., papers: Fisher, Roskill, de Robeck, Churchill, Hankey.
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Admiralty; bibliography; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , bibliography, list, listing , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty
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Beckett, Ian Frederick William. "'Selection by Disparagement': Lord Esher, the General Staff and the Politics of Command, 1904-1914." See D. French, British General Staff, 2002.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; personality; Royal Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. Charlie B: A Biography of Admiral Lord Beresford of Metemmeh and Curaghmore. London: Dawnay, 1968, xii, 378 pp. Prominent naval-political personality, early 20th century.
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Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; Fisher, John; memoir; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Betrayal: Being a Record of Facts Concerning Naval Policy and Administration from the Year 1902 to the Present Time. London: P.S. King, 1912, viii, 209 pp. Admiral Lord Beresford, 1846-1919; critic of Fisher & his reforms; serious split in RN.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 20th century, twentieth, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. 2 vols. Boston: Little Brown; London: Methuen, 1914, 577 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; memoir; personality; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Navy, the Mercantile Marine and the Value of the Empire. Birmingham: Birmingham Midland Institute, 1917, 25 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; merchant marine; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Brooks, John. "Dreadnought: Blunder or Stroke of Genius?" War in History, 14 (April 2007): 157-78. Conclusion: some success, but risky, based on inaccurate intelligence, unnecessary.
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20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Brown, David Keith. "The Design and Construction of the Battleship Dreadnought." Warship, 13 (1980): 39-52. Committee included Fisher, Prince Louis, Jellicoe, Bacon & Watts.
Categories:
20th C. (1900-1999); battleship; Fisher, John; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Martin, Christopher, 'The Declaration of London: A Matter of Operational Capability' Historical Research (82, November 2009) pp. 731-755
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20th C. (1900-1999); administration; diplomacy; disarmament; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, administration, bureaucracy, civil service, governance, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, reformer
| 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 |