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Beesly, Patrick. "Secret Naval Intelligence Records: A Note for Researchers." USNIP, 104 (November 1978): 124-27. Mid-1970s: extraordinary release; absolute secrecy to that point.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Beesly, Patrick. Very Special Admiral: The Life of Admiral J.H. Godfrey. London: Hamilton; London: Greenhill, 1977, 1980, 2000, xxiv, 345 pp. Foreword: Stephen Roskill.
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Admiralty; intelligence; memoir; officer; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Beesly, Patrick. Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945. London: Hamilton; New York: Doubleday; London: Greenhill; Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1977, 1978, 2000, 2004, xxv, 307 pp. Intro: W.J.R. Gardner & Ralph Erskine; included list of convoys.
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Admiralty; general history; intelligence; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, general history, general survey, survey
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Beetham, Anita Loy. "The Merchants of Medieval Bristol, 1350-1500." Ph.D. diss, Oregon, 1987, 575 pp. Under Mavis Mate; (DAI 48/11, p. 2954); also: Anita Loy Beetham Fisher.
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15th C. (1400-1499); enterprise; Middle Ages (400-1399); port; trade;
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15th century, fifteenth, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , middle ages (400-1399), trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Beevor, Antony. Crete: The Battle and the Resistance. London: Murray; Boulder: Westview, 1991, 1994, 2005, 383 pp.
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Anglo-German; aviation; battles; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , invasion, armada, landing , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Beevor, Antony. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy. London: Viking, 2009, 592 pp. Prominent historian; use of oral history.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , invasion, armada, landing
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Begg, A. Charles & Begg, Neil C. James Cook and New Zealand: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771, the Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, the Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780. Wellington: Shearer, 1969, 1970, 171 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; circumnavigation; Cook, James; exploration; Far East; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Cook, James, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , voyage
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Begg, Paul. Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. London: Longman, 2005, viii, 230 pp. Century of speculation.
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culture, music, literature, language, art , ship, boat, vessel, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Begnaud, Allen Eustis. "British Operations in the Caribbean and the American Revolution." Ph.D. diss, Tulane, 1966, 362 pp. Under Hugh Rankin; (DAI 27/10, p. 3390).
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; amphibious; Colonial America; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Behe, George. Titanic: Psychic Forewarning of a Tragedy. Wellingborough: Stephen, 1988, 176 pp. Foreword: Edward S. Kamuda; premonition, paranormal, psychic, hoax.
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20th century, twentieth, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Behe, George. Titanic: Safety, Speed, Sacrifice. Polo: Transport Trails, 1997, 88 pp.
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Behenna, R.B. A Victorian Sailor's Diary: Richard Behenna of Veryan, 1833-1898. Redruth: Institute of Cornish Studies, 1981, vi, 73 pp. Originally written in 1888.
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19th century, nineteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Behrendt, John C. Innocents on the Ice: Memoir of Antarctic Exploration, 1957. Niwot: Columbia UP, 1998, xviii, 428 pp.
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Behrendt, Stephen D. "Markets, Transaction Cycles, and Profits: Merchant Decision Making in the British Slave Trade." W&MQ, 3 ser, 58 (2001): 170-204.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); commerce; economics; enterprise; slave trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, economics, economic policy, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , commerce, trade, business, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage
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Behrendt, Stephen D. "The Annual Volume and Regional Distribution of the British Slave Trade, 1780-1807." J African History, 38 (1997): 187-211.
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage
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Behrendt, Stephen D. "The British Slave Trade, 1785-1807: Volume, Profitability, and Mortality." Ph.D. diss, Wisconsin, Madison, 1993. (DAI 55/03, p. 691); quantitative analysis.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); economics; slave trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, economics, economic policy, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage
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Behrendt, Stephen D. "The Captains in the British Slave Trade from 1785 to 1807." Trans Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 140 (1990): 79-140.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); merchant marine; officer; slave trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, officer, quarterdeck, leader , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage
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Behrendt, Stephen D. "Ecology, Seasonality and the Atlantic Slave Trade." See B. Bailyn, Soundings in Atlantic History, pp. 44-85.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Atlantic World; science ; slave trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, science
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Behrens, Catherine Betty Abigail. Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War. History of the Second World War, U.K. Civil Series. London: HMSO; London: Longman, 1955, xix, 494 pp.
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Admiralty; Battle of the Atlantic; merchant marine; World War II;
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merchant marine, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, world war 2, second world war, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy
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Behrman, Cynthia Fansler. Victorian Myths of the Sea. Athens: Ohio UP, 1977, x, 188 pp. E.g., Islandhood, Seamanship, the Armada &, especially, Nelson.
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19th C. (1800-1899); armada; drama; naval lore; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, armada, Spanish, invasion , drama, culture, arts, Nelson, Horatio, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England
| 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 |