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Bourne, Kenneth & Boyd, Carl. "Captain Mahan's 'War with Great Britain.'" USNIP, 94 (July 1968): 71-78. On contingency war planning board, 1890s.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Bourne, Kenneth. "British Preparations for War with the North." EnHR, 76 (October 1961): 600-32.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Bourne, Ruth M. "British Naval Administration in the West Indies." Ph.D. diss, Yale, 1931.

Categories:

Admiralty; Royal Navy; sea power;

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power

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Bourne, Ruth M. Queen Anne's Navy in the West Indies. Yale Historical Publications Series. New Haven: Yale UP, 1939, x, 334 pp. Judicious appraisal.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, sea power, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bourne, William. The Arte of Shooting Great Ordnance. Amsterdam: Terrarum; New York: Da Capo, 1587, 1969, 94 pp. Early work on gunnery.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, gunnery, gun, weapon , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Bourrienne, M. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: To Which are Added an Account of the Important Events of the Hundred Days, of Napoleon's Surrender to the English and His Residence and Death at St. Helena. 3 vols. London: Butler, 1885. Ed: Col. Phipps.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Boussel, Patrice. D-Day Beaches Pocket Guide. London: Macdonald, 1964, 1965, 223 pp.

Categories:

20th C. (1900-1999); D-Day;

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe

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Boutelle, Anna K. "A Biography of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, with Special Reference to His Colonial Activities." Ph.D. diss, Minnesota, [1917].

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , empire

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Boutlier, James A. "The Battle of Fatshan Creek." MM, 67 (November 1981): 339-47. China, 1857.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , river, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry

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Boutron, Jean. De Mers el-Kebir a Londres, 1940-1944. Paris: PLON, 1980, 356 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-French, France , world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Bouvier, Joseph R. English Books on Finding Longitude at Sea to 1775. Oak Hill: Private, 2001, xviii. Folio, ring bound; from Act of 1714.

Keywords:

navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, bibliography, list, listing , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Boveda, Jorge. Malvinas: la odisea del submarino Santa Fe. Buenos Aires: Instit Pub Narales, 2007, 254 pp. Guppy-Class, USN, to Argentina; sunk by British helicopters, South Georgia.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation

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Bovey, John. "The Destroyers' War in Korea, 1952-1953." See J. Boutilier, RCN in Retrospect, pp. 250-70. 5 RCN destroyers in U.N. Special Forces.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel

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Bovill, D.G. "The Industrial Training Ship Wellesley and the Training Ship Movement." Durham City Local Historical Society Bulletin, 41 (1988): 18.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , discipline

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Bovill, E.W. "Queen Elizabeth's Gunpowder." MM, 33 (July 1947): 179-86. Arms trade of 16th century; acquired saltpetre from Morocco.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, gunnery, gun, weapon , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, weapon, arms trade , Military Revolution, controversy, debate

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Bovill, E.W. "The Shipping Interests of the Hon. East India Company: Annual Lecture." MM, 36 (July 1950): 244-62.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine

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Bovill, E.W., ed. Missions to the Niger. . . . 1797-1798. . . . 1824-1826. 4 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, vols. 123, 128, 129 & 130. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1964-1966, xlix, 797 pp. For Hakluyt Society.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Hakluyt Society publication, Hakluyt Society, association , religion, chaplain, chapel

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Bowcock, Andrew. CSS Alabama: Anatomy of a Confederate Raider. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 2002, 192 pp. 265 illustrations; detail.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, blockade, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South

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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