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Alden, Dauril. Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life: Soldier, Historian, Collector, Traveller. Lisbon: Fundacao Oriente, 2001, 616 pp. Assisted: James S. Cummins & Michael Cooper; Boxer, 1904-2000, Isle of Wight; best scholar on Portuguese & Dutch maritime empires.
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Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-Portuguese; historian; imperialism; maritime history; personality;
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Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal , historian, history, historical, maritime history, naval history , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alden, John & Landis, Dennis C., eds. European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1776. John Carter Brown Library Series. 6 vols. New York: Readex, 1980-1997. Folio; 30,000 entries; each volume chronological.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Atlantic World; bibliography; Colonial America; literature; merchant marine; naval guide;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , merchant marine, literature, culture, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence
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Alden, John Doughty. Flush Decks and Four Pipes. Sea Power Monographs Series, # 2. Annapolis: NIP, 1965, 1989, 112 pp. Over 100 illustrations; 347 destroyers listed; 50 to G.B. in destroyers for bases deal; as Town Class in G.B.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Royal Navy; ship; Special Relationship; United States Navy; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, 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, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, ship, boat, vessel
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Alden, John Doughty. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II: Including Allied Submarine Attacks in the Pacific Theater. Annapolis: NIP, 1989, 320 pp. Included British & Dutch submarines in the Far East; full chonological listing, Pacific & Atlantic; confirmation by Japanese sources.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; anti-submarine warfare; Battle of the Atlantic; Far East; naval guide; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Navy; submarine; U-boat; United States Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, U-boat, submarine, German underwater warship , world war 2, second world war, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia
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Alder, Garry John. "Britain and the Defence of India: The Origins of the Problem, 1798-1815." J Asian His, 6 (1972): 14-44. British frontier expanded, requiring strategic defense, e.g,, in Afghanistan; first Oriental ambitions of Napoleon a possible threat, then, actual threat from Russia, i.e., the Great Game.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-French; Anglo-Russian; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Indian Ocean, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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Alder, Garry John. British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-1895: A Study in Imperial Policy. Imperial Studies Series, # 25. London: Longman, 1963, 1964, xiv, 392 pp. For Royal Commonwealth Society; routine: interference, intervention, defense, mostly from Russia; "Great Game" not in index.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; association; expansion; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean
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Alder, Garry John. "Standing Alone: William Moorcroft Plays the Great Game, 1808-1825." IHR, 2 (1980): 172-215.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; diplomacy; Great Game; Imperial Defence; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Indian Ocean, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. The Privateersmen. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1965, xv, 191 pp. Focused on American marauders against English sea trade.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-American; Colonial America; piracy; trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. New York: Walker, 1964, 134 pp. Nautical fiction; juvenile literature; young English sailor, thence to American navy during War of 1812; based on Samuel Leech, 1798-1848.
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age of sail; condition; juvenile literature; memoir; nautical fiction; Royal Navy; ship; United States Navy; War of 1812;
Keywords:
age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , united states navy, US navy, ship, boat, vessel, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Joseph Chamberlain's Attempted Reform of the British Mercantile Marine." J Trans His, new ser, 1 (February 1972): 169-84. Associated with efforts of Samuel Plimsoll.
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19th C. (1800-1899); architecture; condition; merchant marine; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , voyage
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Samuel Plimsoll and the Shipping Interest." Maritime History, 1 (April 1971): 73-95. Problem of "crimps," process whereby British owners exploited merchant seamen.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; merchant marine; personality; seaman; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderson, Bernard. Arthur James Balfour: The Man and His Work. London: Grant Richards, 1903, xii, 367 pp. First Lord; "the manifold activities he has been engaged in."
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Admiralty; First Lord; Middle East; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderton, Tony & Winchester, Nik. "Regulation, Representation and the Flag Market." J Mar Res (10 September 2002). Role of flag state.
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merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Aldgate, Anthony & Richards, Jeffrey. Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War. Edinburgh: Edinburgh HP; Oxford: Blackwell, 1986, 1994, 312 pp. Prominent example: "In Which We Serve," story of Mountbatten & HMS Kelly; directed by Noel Coward, 1942; stimulated British morale.
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Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; First Sea Lord; Mountbatten, Louis; naval lore; World War II;
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Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , world war 2, second world war
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Aldous, Grahame. "'Death and Glory': Bring Home the News of Trafalgar." Nel Dis, 8 (July 2004): 425-28. Account of Lt. John Lapennotiere & HMS Pickle bringing Trafalgar dispatch to Admiralty, October-November 1805; bicentennial reenactment.
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Admiralty; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; communication; memorial; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable
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Aldous, Grahame. "The New Trafalgar Dispatch Project and Programme: And 'The Trafalgar Way.'" Nel Dis, 8 (April 2005), 609-14. Recreation of Trafalgar to Falmouth voyage of HMS Pickle, 26 October - 6 November 1805; Lord Nelson, sailing vessel, as Pickle: Portsmouth to Cadiz to Brest to Falmouth, thence, "The Trafalgar Way" to London.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 21st C. (2000-); Admiralty; battles; communication; Royal Navy; ship; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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19th century, nineteenth, 21st century, twenty-first, twenty first, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Aldous, Tony. "Royal Recovery." HisTod, 44 (July 1994): 6-7. Royal William Yard, Plymouth restoration; early 19th-century industrial buildings; named for William IV.
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19th C. (1800-1899); dockyard; port; Royal Navy; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , Royal Navy, Britain, England, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F. "Introduction: British Intelligence, Defence & Diplomacy." See R. Aldrich, Intelligence, Defence & Diplomacy, pp. 1-12.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Japanese; diplomacy; Far East; Imperial Defence; intelligence; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA
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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F., eds. Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Cass, 1994, x, 273 pp. Foreword: John D. Young; 12 essays, some cited.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; diplomacy; Imperial Defence; intelligence;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Aldrich, Richard James, ed. British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951. London: Routledge, 1992, xiv, 347 pp. 12 essays, some cited; intelligence & strategy.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; intelligence; strategy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, strategy, strategic, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
| 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 |