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Aldrich, Richard James. "American Intelligence and the British Raj: The OSS, the SSU and India, 1942-1947." Intell & Nat Sec, 13 (Spring 1998): 132-64. Role of American intelligence within India; issue of "empire;" OSS & British secret service increasingly competitive.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Indian Ocean, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , world war 2, second world war

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Aldrich, Richard James. "British Strategy and the End of Empire: South Asia, 1945-1951." See R. Aldrich, British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, pp. 275-307.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , cold war

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Aldrich, Richard James. "Imperial Rivalry: British and American Intelligence in Asia, 1942-1946." Intell & Nat Sec, 1 (January 1988): 5-55.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , world war 2, second world war

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Aldrich, Richard James. Intelligence and the War against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000, 524 pp. Ground breaking study.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable

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Aldrich, Richard James. The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and the Cold War Secret Intelligence. London: Murray, 2001, 480 pp.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war

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Aldridge, David D. "Admiral Edward Russell, Pre- and Post-Barfleur." See Guerres Maritimes, pp. 155-72.

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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , battles, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Aldridge, David D. "Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Ph.D. diss, London School of Economics, 1971. 6 expeditions; included diplomacy; (ASLIB 22-874).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, strategy, strategic, Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Aldridge, David D. "Jacobitism and the Scottish Seas, 1689-1719." See T. Smout, Scotland and the Sea, pp. 76-93.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aldridge, David D. "Royal Navy in the Baltic, 1715-1727." See W. Minchinton, Britain and the Northern Seas, pp. 75-80.

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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Aldridge, David D. "Russell: La Hogue, 1692." See E. Grove, Great Battles of the Royal Navy, pp. 55-62.

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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , battles, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification

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Aldridge, David D. "Sir John Norris, 1660?-1749." See P. Le Fevre, Precursors of Nelson, pp. 128-49.

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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Aldridge, David D. "The Navy as Handmaid for Commerce and High Policy, 1680-1720." See J. Black, British Navy and the Use of Naval Power, pp. 51-70.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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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.

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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Aldridge, Don. The Rescue of Captain Scott. East Linton: Tuckwell, 1999, xxii, 215 pp. 2 relief voyages; critical of Scott.

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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Navy, Britain, England, neutrality, neutral, treaty

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Alexander, A.F.O. "The War with France in 1377." Ph.D diss, London, 1934.

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Anglo-French, France , battles, middle ages (400-1399)

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Alexander, Andrew. "Negotiation, Trade and the Rituals of Endurance: An Examination of the Slave Trading Voyage of De Zon, 1775-1776." Itinerario, 31 (2007): 39-58.

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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage

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Alexander, Arthur Charles Bridgeman. Jutland: A Plea for a Naval General Staff. London: Hugh Rees, 1919, 1923, 62 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Jutland, battle, peninsular , world war 1, first world war

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Alexander, Caroline. Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar Bound Cat. London: Bloomsbury, 1997, xvii, 170 pp. Fiction; intro: Lord Mouser-Hunt; ship's cat on polar expedition.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , literature, culture, Shackleton, Ernest

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Alexander, Caroline. The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. London: HarperCollins; New York: Viking; London: Penguin, 2003, xiv, 491 pp. Fresh & detailed narrative of events including subsequent Admiralty mission to capture the mutineers & their courts martial; apologetics for Bligh.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , law, discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , ship, boat, vessel

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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