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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones. New York: Dodd Mead, 1872, 1874, 359 pp.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jones, John Paul, united states navy, US navy

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Acerra, Martine. Rochefort et la construction navale francaise, 1661-1815. 4 vols. Paris: Libraire de l'Inde, 1993, 930 pp. Synthesis, French naval administration, shipbuilding, technology.

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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation

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Adams, Thomas A. "The Control of British Merchant Shipping." See S. Howarth, Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 158-78.

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Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , merchant marine, world war 2, second world war, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty

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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; London: Abacus, 2006, 2007, xxvi, 534 pp. Social history approach, incorporating songs, poems, pamphlets; conclusion: "ultimately the war against Napoleon was won by the officers and men of the British Navy."

Keywords:

age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, officer, quarterdeck, leader , sea power

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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1908, 1909, 1954, `964, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1983, xxviii, 1684 pp.. Basic textbook of seamanship; I: basics, II: for promotion, III: advancement; various editions per volume.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence

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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Report of a Committee Appointed by the Admiralty to Examine and Consider the Evidence Relating to the Tactics Employed by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. London: HMSO, 1913, xvi, 107 pp. Report of formal study committee set up in 1912; use of the literature, e.g., Desbriere, Corbett, Mahan, Laughton, Newbolt & James.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , battles, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, tactics, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia

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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. The Admiralty List Books. A month by month track of every ship in commission, its commanding officer, lieutenants, complement, station; up to 1813.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate

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Adye, S. Payne. A Treatise on Courts-Martial: Also, An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewerds. London: Murray; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1786, 1796, 1797, 1981, viii, 284 pp.

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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, law, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty

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Aiken, William Appleton. "The Admiralty in Conflict and Commission, 1679-1684." See W. Aiken, Conflict in Stuart England, pp. 203-26. Explanation for inefficiency of navy during these years.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Anglo-French, France , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Aitchison Hendrie, Andrew W. "Coastal Command, 1939-1945: The Cindrella Service." Ph.D. diss, Kent, 2004.

Keywords:

aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , U-boat, submarine, German underwater warship , world war 2, second world war

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Akerman, James Richard & Buisseret, David, eds. Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: A Cartographic Exhibition at the Newberry Library on the Occasion. . . . Lectures in the History of Cartography: Catalog. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1985, xi, 49 pp.

Keywords:

association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure

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Albert, J.G. "Attlee, the Chiefs of Staff and the Restructuring of 'Commonwealth Defence' between VJ Day and the Outbreak of the Korean War." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1986. (ITT 37-1, 1988).

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, cold war, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , world war 2, second world war

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Albert, Marvin H. Broadsides and Boarders: An Account of the Great Captains Who Fought with Cannon under Sail, and of Their Battles. London: Harrap; New York: Appleton-Century, 1957, 1958, x, 360 pp. 300 years of sailing ship warfare; Nelson as greatest commander; others Sea Beggars, Sea Dogs, Generals-at-Sea, Hawke, Suffren & Decatur.

Keywords:

age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "Admiralty Prize Case Briefs: Notes and Questions." AHR, 33 (April 1928): 593-95. Albion, 1896-1972, longtime Harvard Professor.

Keywords:

age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, high court admiralty, prize, reward for service, monetary reward , law, historian, history, historical

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Makers of Naval Policy, 1798-1947. Annapolis: NIP, 1948, 1980, x, 737 pp. Ed: Rowena Reed; official administrative history of U.S. Navy; comprehensive & critical; written in 1948 but not published until 1980.

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, sea power, strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862." MM, 38 (February 1952): 4-22. Also Maritime Miscellany Series, # 5; elaboration on his Forests and Sea Power, 1926.

Keywords:

age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , logistics, supply, supplies, sea power

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Alch, Mark Lee. "Germany's Naval Resurgence, British Appeasement, and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935." Ph.D. diss, UCLA, 1977, 805 pp. Under Jere C. King; (DAI 38/03, p. 1584).

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , interwar, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty

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Alderson, Bernard. Arthur James Balfour: The Man and His Work. London: Grant Richards, 1903, xii, 367 pp. First Lord; "the manifold activities he has been engaged in."

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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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