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Allport, Alan. "Demob: The Demobilization of British Servicemen at the End of the Second World War." Ph.D. diss, Pennsylvania, 2007, 360 pp. (DAI, January 2008).

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, recruitment, recruiting, recruit, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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Allwood, John. The Great Exhibitions: 150 Years. London: Studio Vista; London: ECL, 1977, 2001, 192 pp. Folio; not included: Royal Naval Exhibtion, 1891.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England, museum, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Allyn, Richard. A Narrative of the Victory Obtained by the English and Dutch Fleets near La Hogue in the Year 1692. London: Robinson, 1744, 58 pp. By chaplain of Centurion.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Almog, Orna. Britain, Israel and the United States, 1955-1958: Beyond Suez. British Foreign and Colonial Policy Series. London: Cass, 2003, xvii, 243 pp. Foreword: D.C. Watt.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean , invasion, armada, landing , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Alphen, Marc A. & Dissel, Anita M. van, eds. Chronicle of the Royal Netherlands Navy: Five Hundred Years of Dutch Maritime History. Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 2006, 488 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history

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Alphonse, Philip. "The Sixth Fleet: A Case Study of Institutionalized Naval Presence, 1946-1958." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1975.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, strategy, strategic

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Alquasimi, S.M. "'Arab 'Piracy' and the East India Company Encroachment in the Gulf, 1797-1820." Ph.D. diss, Exeter, 1985.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , Indian Ocean, Middle East, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Alsop, J.D & Hair, P.E.H., eds. English Seamen and Traders in New Guinea, 1553-1565: The New Evidence of Their Wills. Dyfed: Edwin Mellen, 1992, 392 pp. Study of 90 wills; seamen & traders who died in early voyages, West Africa.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Alsop, J.D. "A Regime at Sea: The Navy and the 1553 Succession Crisis." Albion, 24 (Winter 1992): 577-90. Actual moblilization at death of Edward VI.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, Royal Navy, Britain, England, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, recruitment, recruiting, recruit

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Alsop, J.D. "British Intelligence for the North Atlantic Theatre of the War of Spanish Succession." MM, 77 (May 1991): 113-18.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Alsop, J.D. "The Age of the Projectors: British Imperial Strategy in the North Atlantic in the War of Spanish Succession." Acadiensis, 21 (1991-1992): 30-53.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia

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Alsop, J.D. "Sea Surgeons, Health and England's Maritime Expansion: The West African Trade, 1553-1660." MM, 76 (August 1990): 215-21. Area of high mortality.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Alsop, J.D. "Sickness in the British Mediterranean Fleet: The Tiger's Journal of 1706." War & Society, 11 (October 1993): 57-76.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, ship, boat, vessel

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Alston, Mike. Destroyer and Preserver: The Story of HMS Middleton and Her Ship's Company, 1941-1946. Maidenhead: Maphigrada, 1993, 244 pp.

Keywords:

condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, ship, boat, vessel

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Alter, Peter. The Reluctant Patron: Science and the State in Britain, 1850-1920. New York: St. Martin; New York: Berg, 1982, 1987, 1988, 292 pp. Trans: Angela Davies.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Alter, Peter. Wissenschaft, Staat, Mazene: Anfange moderner Wissenschafts-politik in Grossbritannien, 1850-1920. Publications of the German Historical Institute, London, vol. 12. Stuttgart: Klett-cotta, 1982, 327 pp.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, science , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Altermatt, Urs & Garamvilgyi, Judit, eds. Innen-und Aussenpolitik: Primat order Interdependenz? Bern: Haupt, 1980, 711 pp. Festschrift for Walter Hofer; essays, some cited.

Categories:

diplomacy; Festschrift; strategy;

Keywords:

diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Festschrift, dedication, memorial, collection, tribute , strategy, strategic

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Altham, Edward. Jellicoe. Order of Merit Studies. London: Blackie, 1939, x, 190 pp. Marder: good, short biography; sanctioned by Jellicoe trustees.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Althoff, William A., Arctic Mission: 90 North by Airship and Submarine (Potomac, NIP, 2011) XVIII, 284

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, air force, Royal Air force, RAF, air power, air craft, aeroplane, bombing, Royal Flying Corps, RFC

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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