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Anderson, David. The Spanish Armada. London: Macdonald; New York: Hampstead, 1988, 49 pp. For NMM; folio with colored illustrations; juvenile literature.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , battles, invasion, armada, landing , juvenile literature, children's, junior

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Anderson, Duncan, ed. The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault. Oxford: Osprey, 2004, 224 pp. Essays.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , invasion, armada, landing , logistics, supply, supplies, world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT

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Anderson, Duncan. The Falklands War, 1982. Osprey Essential History Series, # 15. University Park: Osprey, 2002, 95 pp.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Frank J., ed. Submarines, Diving, and the Underwater World: A Bibliography. Hamden: Archon, 1955, 1963, 1975, ix, 238 pp. Earlier title: Submarines, Submariners, Submarining: A Checklist of Submarine Books in the English Language, Principally of the Twentieth Century; 1500 entries for 1975 edition.

Keywords:

bibliography, list, listing , 20th century, twentieth, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy

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Anderson, Fred & Cayton, Andrew. The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000. New York: Viking; New York: Penguin, 2005, xxiv, 520 pp. Focus on imperial ambitions; 8 biographical case studies; centrality of imperial ambitions.

Keywords:

age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-French, France , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766. London: Faber & Faber; New York: Knopf; New York: Vintage, 2000, 2002, xxv, 862 pp. In a series on wars; important contribution.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , battles, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England, age of sail

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Anderson, Fred. "Forum on Fred Anderson's Crucible of War." Can J His, 35 (December 2000): 473-506. 5 scholars assessed; Anderson responded.

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age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power

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Anderson, Fred. The War that Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War. New York: Viking, 2005, 293 pp. Another in series.

Keywords:

age of sail, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Anglo-French, France

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Anderson, George William. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of the Voyages Around the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. . . . Captain Cook's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Last Voyages. . . . in the Years 1768. . ., 1780. . ., Sir Joseph Banks, Dr. Solander, Dr. King, Dr. Hawkesworth. . . . [plus] those of Lord Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret. . . . London: Alexander Hogg, 1784, 655 pp. Folio; important compilation.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Cook, James, banks, joseph, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage, navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence

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Anderson, James. The Hudson Bay Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Transaction Series, # 20. Toronto: Canadiana House, 1969. Intro: S. Mickle; originally the Canadian Women's Historical Society.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , Franklin, John, Arctic expedition, search for Franklin, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Anderson, John. English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century. Trubner's Oriental Series, Southeast Asia, # 1. London: Kegan Paul; London: Routledge, 1890, 1981, 2000, xiii, 503 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Chinese, China, colonialism, colony, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Anderson, Madelyn Klein. Iceberg Alley. New York: Messner, 1976, 64 pp. Juvenile literature; U.S. Coast Guard ice patrol.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , science , united states navy, US navy

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Anderson, Martin & Bloom, Valerie, eds. Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography. Hoover Bibliographical Series, # 57. Stanford: Hoover Institution, 1976, xvii, 452 pp. 1385 annotated entries.

Keywords:

bibliography, list, listing , conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, recruitment, recruiting, recruit, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Matthew Smith. Britain's Discovery of Russia, 1552-1815. New York: St. Martin; London: Macmillan, 1958, vi, 245 pp.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East

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Anderson, Matthew Smith. "British Diplomatic Relations with the Mediterranean, 1763-1778." Ph.D. diss, Edinburgh, 1953. Under R. Pares.

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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anderson, Matthew Smith. "Great Britain and the Barbary States in the Eighteenth Century." BIHR, 29 (May 1956): 87-107. Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli; threat to commerce.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anderson, Olive. "British Governments and Rebellion at Sea: Notes and Communications." HJ, 3 (March 1960): 56-64. E.g., Royalists, Jacobites, pirates; no consistent policy.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , law, high court admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Olive. "The Establishment of British Supremacy at Sea and the Exchange of Naval Prisoners of War, 1689-1783." EnHR, 75 (January 1960): 77-89. Important manning issue for RN.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, impressment, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Anderson, Olive. "The Impact on the Fleet of the Disposal of Prisoners of War in Distant Waters, 1689-1783." MM, 45 (1959): 243-49.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Anderson, Olive. "The Treatment of Prisoners of War in Britain during the American War of Independence." BIHR, 28 (1955): 63-83.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service

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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