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Arthur, Max. Symbol of Courage: A History of the Victoria Cross. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2004, xxv, 686 pp. 1254 recipients; brief biographical sketches, Crimean to Falklands.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Royal Navy, Britain, England, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial

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Arthur, Max. The Navy: 1939 to the Present Day. London: Hodder & Stoughton; London: Coronet, 1997, 1998, xii, 416 pp. Firs-hand reminiscences.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, cold war, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation

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Arthur, Max. The Royal Navy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. Stories of 200 men & women of RN, 1914-1995.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , woman, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life

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Arthur, Max. The True Glory: The Royal Navy, 1914-1939. London: Hodder & Stoughton; London: Coronet, 1996, 1997, xii, 292 pp. 58 personal stories of "Grand Old Men"; included survivors of Gallipoli & Jutland.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , Jutland, battle, peninsular , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, interwar, world war 1, first world war

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Arthur, Brian. How Britain Won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy's Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 (Woodbridge, Boydell, 2011) XXIII, 328 pages

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, blockade, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , Royal Navy

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Artizzu, Lucio. Lord Nelson e la Sardegna [Lord Nelson and Sardinia.] Sardinia: Della Torre, 2008, 236 pp. Filled gap, e.g., La Maddalena anchorage.

Keywords:

Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , logistics, supply, supplies, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition

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Arvin, L.P. "Churchill as Minister of Munitions: A Study of Domestic Decision-Making in Wartime." Ph.D. diss, Claremont 1986.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , strategy, strategic, weapon, arms trade , interwar

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Asada, Sadao. From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States. Tokyo: Tokyo UP; Annapolis: NIP, 1993, 2006, xii, 385 pp. Japanese particularly incensed against Treaty limitations; influence of Mahanian thought.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty

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Asada, Sadao. "From Washington to London: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Politics of Naval Limitation." Diplomacy & Statesmanship, 4 (1993): 147-91.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Asada, Sadao. "Japan and the United States, 1915-1925." Ph.D. diss, Yale, 1962.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , interwar, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , united states navy, US navy, world war 1, first world war

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Asada, Sadao. "Japan's 'Special Interests' and the Washington Conference, 1921-1922." AHR, 66 (October 1961): 62-70.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Asada, Sadao. "Japanese Admirals and the Politics of Naval Limitation: Kato Jamosaburo vs. Kato Kanji." See G. Jordan, Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century, pp. 141-66.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , personality, prominent leader, noted person , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy

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Asada, Sadao. "The Revolt against the Washington Treaty: The Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval Limitation, 1921-1927." NWCR, 46 (1993): 82-97.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Asaert, G., Bosscher, P.M., Bruijn, J.R. & van Hoboken, W.J. Maritieme Geschiedenis der Nederlanden. 4 vols. Bussum, 1977-1979. In Dutch; overview of Dutch maritime history.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, battles, maritime history, naval history , general history, general survey, survey, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony

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Asakawa, Michio. "Anglo-Japanese Military Relations, 1800-1900." See I. Gow, History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, III., pp. 13-34.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Ascott, D.E., Lewis, J.E. & Power, M.J. Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2006, 224 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Aselius, Gunnar. "'The Unskilled Fencer': Swedish Intelligence Assessments of the Soviet Navy, 1921-1928." See J. Sweetman, NHS-10, 249-70.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , interwar, strategy, strategic

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Aselius, Gunnar. "The Baltic in Soviet Strategy, 1920-1940." See W. McBride, NHS-13, pp. 177-202.

Keywords:

Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , interwar, strategy, strategic, sea power, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aselius, Gunnar. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic, 1921-1941. Naval History & Policy Series, # 29. London: Cass; London: Routledge, 2004, 2005, xiv, 266 pp.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, interwar

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Ash, Bernard. Norway 1940. London: Cassell, 1964, xii, 340 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, invasion, armada, landing , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , world war 2, second world war, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence

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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