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Boyne, John. Mutiny on the Bounty: A Novel. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 495 pp. Nautical fiction; new approach; to explore all events associtated with Bounty mutiny.

Keywords:

nautical fiction, sea fiction , Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , mutiny, insurrection, Bounty

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Boyne, Walter J. & Lopez, Donald S., eds. Vertical Flight: The Age of the Helicopter. Washington: Smithsonian, 1984, 257 pp. For Nationnal Air & Space Museum.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, air force, Royal Air force, RAF, air power, air craft, aeroplane, bombing, Royal Flying Corps, RFC

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Boyne, Walter J. Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. 2 vols. I: A-L. II: M-Z. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002, 800 pp.

Keywords:

air force, Royal Air force, RAF, air power, air craft, aeroplane, bombing, Royal Flying Corps, RFC, 20th century, twentieth

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Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Titans: World War II at Sea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995, 381 pp. Sweeping overview, naval warfare, 2nd World War.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , battles, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , general history, general survey, survey

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Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994, 415 pp. Wide-ranging survey, airwar.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, air force, Royal Air force, RAF, air power, air craft, aeroplane, bombing, Royal Flying Corps, RFC

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Boyne, Walter J. The Influence of Air Power upon History. Gretna: Pelican; Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2003, 2005, 464 pp. Included Battle of Atlantic; neglected role of aircraft carrier.

Keywords:

aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, air force, Royal Air force, RAF, air power, air craft, aeroplane, bombing, Royal Flying Corps, RFC, 20th century, twentieth, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy

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Boynton, Lindsay Oliver John. The Elizabethan Militia, 1558-1638. London: Routledge, 1967, xvii, 334 pp. Preparations for invasion; Great Muster.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, army, British, military, land force, invasion, armada, landing

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Boys, C.W. "Operations in the Scheldt: Letter from Captain C.W. Boys to His Brother." See J. Laughton, Naval Miscellany, II., pp. 388-94.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, invasion, armada, landing , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft

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Boys, Edward. Narrative of a Captivity and Adventure in France and Flanders between the Years 1803 and 1809. . . . When a Midshipman of HMS Phoebe. London: Dove, 1831, vi, 258 pp. Memoir.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict

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Bracken, Brendan. "My Dear Max": The Letters of Brendan to Lord Beaverbrook, 1925-1958. Sources in Modern British History. London: Historians, 1990, viii, 224 pp. Ed: Richard Cockett; First Lord.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty

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Bracknall, Moira. "One Hundred Naval Lieutenants of 1793: A Survey of Their Careers." Master's thesis, Exeter, 2000.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, officer, quarterdeck, leader , biography

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Braddick, Michael J. "An English Military Revolution." HJ, 36 (December 1993): 965-75. Review article.

Keywords:

Military Revolution, controversy, debate , weapon, arms trade

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Braddick, Michael J. "The English Government, War, Trade, and Settlement, 1625-1688." See N. Canny, Oxford History of the British Empire, I., pp. 286-308.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , economics, economic policy, commerce, trade, business

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Braddock, Michael J. The Nerves of State: Taxation and the Financing of the English State, 1558-1714. New Frontiers in History Series. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1996, 256 pp.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy

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Bradford, Edward Eden. Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson Bt. VC, GCB, OM, GCVO. London: Murray, 1923, 257 pp. "Old 'Ard 'Art"; VC, 1st World War.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, biography, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon

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Bradford, Ernle Dunsgate Selby. Christopher Columbus. London: Michael Joseph, New York: Viking, 1973, 288 pp. Folio; prolific popular historian.

Keywords:

15th century, fifteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Bradford, Ernle Dunsgate Selby. Drake, London: Hodder & Stoughton; London: Readers Union, 1965, 1967, 250 pp.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, biography, Drake, Francis, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, privateering, privateer, armed merchnatman, guerre de course

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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