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Benbow, Timothy J. "Maritime Power in the 1990-1991 Gulf War and the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia." See A. Dorman, Changed Face of Maritime Power, pp. 107-25.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, Gulf War, Middle East War, Arabian Peninsula War, Iraq War , 20th century, twentieth, sea power, strategy, strategic

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Benbow, Timothy J. "The Impact of Air Power on Navies: The United Kingdom, 1945-1957." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1999. Under Robert O'Neill.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, cold war, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power, strategy, strategic

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Benbow, William A. Brave Benbow: The Life of Vice Admiral John Benbow, 1653-1702. Victoria: Bredah, 1987, iv, 170 pp. Romanicized.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Bender, A.E. "Processed Foods." See J. Watt, Starving Sailors, pp. 117-30.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon

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Bender, Bert. Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby Dick to the Present. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania UP, 1988, xiv, 267 pp. Unique tradition.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey, nautical fiction, sea fiction

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Benham, Hervey. Down Tops'l: The Story of the East Coast Sailing Barges. London, 1971, 192 pp. 38 illustrations; Yorkshire to Essex, 1800-1950.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of sail, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , commerce, trade, business, north sea, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine

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Benhayoun, Jamal Eddine. Narration, Navigation and Colonialism: A Critical Account of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century English Narratives of Adventure and Captivity. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2006, 222 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, voyage

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Benjamin, David K. & Tifrea, Anca. "Learning by Dying: Combat Performance in the Age of Sail." J Econ His, 67 (2007): 968-1000.

Categories:

age of sail; battles; naval lore;

Keywords:

age of sail, battles, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary

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Benjamin, Lewis Saul, ed. The Windham Papers The Life and Correspondence of the Rt Hon William Windham, 1750-1810.. 2 vols. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1913. William Windham, Secretary for War, c. 1800; Nelson letters.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Benjamin, Lewis Saul. The South Sea Bubble. Boston, 1923, 265 pp. Pseud: Lewis Melville.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , economics, economic policy, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Benjamin, Susan. English Enamel Boxes: From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Macdonald Orbis Series. London: Little Brown; London: Orbis, 1987, 1999, 128 pp. Included Nelson memorabilia.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , culture, music, literature, language, art , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio

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Benn, Carl. The War of 1812. Essential Histories Series. London: Routledge, 2003, 96 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, general history, general survey, survey, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade

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Benn, William Wedgwood. In the Side Shows. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919, xii, 310 pp. Naval air power in Adriatic & Near East.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bennell, J.E.G. "English Oared Vessels of the Sixteenth Century." MM, 60 (February 1974): 9-26.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bennet, Douglas. Schooner Sunset: The Last British Sailing Coasters. London: Greenhill, 2001, 224 pp. For National Museum & Galleries, Merseyside; ed: David Clement; over 300 craft.

Keywords:

age of sail, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Bennett, Arnold. From the Log of the Velsa. Plainview: Books for Libraries, 1914, 1975, 307 pp. Illus: E.A. Rickards.

Categories:

memoir; ship;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , ship, boat, vessel

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Bennett, Chris. Three Frigates: The South African Navy Comes of Age. Durban: Just Done, 2006, 290 pp.

Categories:

frigate; naval guide;

Keywords:

frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction

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Bennett, Frank Marion. The Steam Navy of the United States: A History of the Growth of the Steam Vessel of War in the U.S. Navy, and of the Naval Engineering Corps. Westport: Greenwood, 1896, 1972, 1974, xiv, 953 pp. Long time of development; focused on engineer corporation.

Keywords:

age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, united states navy, US navy

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Bennett, Frederick Debell. Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, from the Year 1833 to 1836. . . . 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1840, xxii, 797 pp. Influenced Herman Melville.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. "Admiral Ushakov: Nelson's Russian Ally." His Tod, 21 (1971); 724-31.

Keywords:

Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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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