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Arnold, J. Barto, III, ed. Beneath the Waters of Time: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Underwater Archaeology. Texas Antiquities Committee Publication Series, # 6. Austin: TAC, 1978, xi, 244 pp. Folio; essays.

Keywords:

association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Arnold, Lorna & Pyne, Katherine. Britain and the H-Bomb. London: Palgrave, 1991, 2001, 288 pp.

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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, nuclear , weapon, arms trade

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Arnold, Lorna & Smith, Mark. Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, xiv, 322 pp.

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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , strategy, strategic

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Arnold, Lorna. A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapons Trials in Australia. London: HMSO, 1987, xiv, 322 pp.

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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Arnold, Martin. The Vikings: Culture and Conquest. Hambledon: Continuum, 2006, x, 244 pp. Emphasis on raids, invasions, exploration.

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culture, music, literature, language, art , invasion, armada, landing , middle ages (400-1399), Viking, Norse, Norseman, Northman , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Arnold, Thomas. The American Practical Lunarian, and Seaman's Guide. . . to which Are Annexed, A Compendium of Marine Law. Philadelphia: R. Desliver, 1822, 844 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , law, maritime history, naval history

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Arnott, Robert Harry & Smith, Ronald L. Captain of the Queen. Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1982, 1983, 332 pp. Captain of Queen Elizabeth and, later, QE2.

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20th century, twentieth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , liner, passenger liner, steamship , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence

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Aronson, Marc. Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado. New York: Clarion, 2000, 222 pp. Juvenile literature.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Raleigh, Walter, Sir Walter Ralegh, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Arroniz, Othon, ed. La batalla naval de San Juan de Ulua. Xalapa: Universidad Verra Cruzana, 1982, 117 pp.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles

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Arrow, Frederick. The Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strand: A Memoir of Its Origin, History, and Functions. London: Smith & Ebbs, 1868, 50 pp.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , maritime history, naval history , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Arroyo, Ignacio, ed. Yearbook Maritime Law. 4 vols. London: Kluwer, 1984-1988, xlvii, 1555 pp.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, law, maritime history, naval history , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Art, Robert J. & Ockenden, Stephen E. "The Domestic Politics of Cruise Missile Development." See R. Betts, Criuse Missiles, pp. 359-414. Included navy & sea-launched cruise missiles.

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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, missile, rocket, ballistic missile, Royal Navy, Britain, England, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, weapon, arms trade

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Art, Robert J. The Influence of Foreign Policy on Seapower: New Weapons & Weltpolitik in Wilhelmian Germany. Sage Professional Papers in International Studies Series, # 2. London: Sage, 1973, 1978, 49 pp. Crucial "turn to the Right;" era of personal rule.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , sea power, weapon, arms trade , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Arthur, Charles Burton. The Remaking of the English Navy by Admiral St. Vincent: The Great Unclaimed Naval Revolution (1795-1805). Lanham: University Press of America, 1986, xi, 265 pp. Idiosyncratic, exaggerated, hagiography; other historians have different views.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Arthur, Charles Burton. "The Revolution in British Naval Strategy, 1800-1801." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1966. (X1966).

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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, strategy, strategic, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Arthur, Max. Above All Courage: First-hand Accounts from the Falklands Front Line. London: Sphere; London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985, 1986, xvi, 463 pp. From 250 interviews, selected 30 stories.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, invasion, armada, landing , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Arthur, Max. Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. London: Ebury, 2004, 2005, 2007, x, 486 pp. From Oral History Collection of Imperial War Museum.

Categories:

memoir; World War II;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 2, second world war

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Arthur, Max. Lost Voices of the Royal Navy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005, xi, 563 pp. Originally 2 vols.; covered 1914-1945.

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Arthur, Max. Men of the Red Beret: Airborne Forces, 1940-1990. London: Hutchinson, 1990, xviii, 430 pp. E.g., North Africa, Normancy, Malaya, Suez, Falklands; oral history approach.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Marine, commando , world war 2, second world war, cold war

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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