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Adams, Bruce & Howlett, Robert A. Battleground South Pacific. Sydney: Reed; Rutland: Tuttle, 1970, 223 pp. Foreword: Arthur Lee; "Then and Now" approach; beautiful illustrations; ruins & present situation; e.g., Coastwatchers of RAN.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , coast watcher, Pacific War, Royal Australian Navy, Pacific Island, intelligence , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT

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Agar, Augustus. Baltic Episode: A Classic of Secret Service in Russian Waters. London: Hodder & Stoughton; Annapolis: NIP, 1963, 1983, 255 pp. Dedication: Admiral Sir Walter Cowan; Baltic operations of RN, 1919-1920; small attack boats in Gulf of Finland; sank Soviet cruiser; by operational commander who received Victoria Cross; written after his retirement.

Keywords:

Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , battles, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, interwar, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Agar, Augustus. Footsteps in the Sea. London: Evans, 1959, 336 pp. Memoir, 1st & 2nd World Wars; secret operations in Baltic in 1st; shipped gold reserves of Britain to U.S. in 2nd.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , economics, economic policy, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F. "Introduction: British Intelligence, Defence & Diplomacy." See R. Aldrich, Intelligence, Defence & Diplomacy, pp. 1-12.

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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA

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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F., eds. Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Cass, 1994, x, 273 pp. Foreword: John D. Young; 12 essays, some cited.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Aldrich, Richard James, ed. British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951. London: Routledge, 1992, xiv, 347 pp. 12 essays, some cited; intelligence & strategy.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, strategy, strategic, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT

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Aldrich, Richard James. "American Intelligence and the British Raj: The OSS, the SSU and India, 1942-1947." Intell & Nat Sec, 13 (Spring 1998): 132-64. Role of American intelligence within India; issue of "empire;" OSS & British secret service increasingly competitive.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Indian Ocean, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , world war 2, second world war

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Aldrich, Richard James. "British Strategy and the End of Empire: South Asia, 1945-1951." See R. Aldrich, British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, pp. 275-307.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , cold war

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Aldrich, Richard James. "Imperial Rivalry: British and American Intelligence in Asia, 1942-1946." Intell & Nat Sec, 1 (January 1988): 5-55.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , world war 2, second world war

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Aldrich, Richard James. Intelligence and the War against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000, 524 pp. Ground breaking study.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable

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Aldrich, Richard James. The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and the Cold War Secret Intelligence. London: Murray, 2001, 480 pp.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war

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Allaire, B. "Martin Frobisher, the Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Spy." See T. Symons, Meta Incognita, II., pp. 575-88.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Frobisher, Martin, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , voyage, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England

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Allan, Catherine E. "A Minute Bletchley Park: Building a Canadian Naval Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1943." See M. Hadley, Nation's Navy, pp. 157-72.

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intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , world war 2, second world war, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar

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Allen, Matthew. "Rear Admiral Reginald Custance: Director of Naval Ingtelligence, 1899-1902." MM, 78 (February 1992): 61-75. DNI, leader of "syndicate of discontent," opponents of later Fisher reforms.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, tactics, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT

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Allen, Paula Gunn. Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003, 2004, 366 pp. Popular history.

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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , woman, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon

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Alsop, J.D. "British Intelligence for the North Atlantic Theatre of the War of Spanish Succession." MM, 77 (May 1991): 113-18.

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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Alvarez, David, ed. Allied and Axis Signals Intelligence in World War II. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Cass, 1999, vii, 229 pp. Intro: David Kahn; 10 essays, some cited.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Italian, Italy , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , world war 2, second world war, communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable

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Ambrose, Stephen E. "The Secrets of Overlord." Military History Quarterly, 1 (Winter 1989): 70-75. Formal & elaborate process to fool Germany.

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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, invasion, armada, landing , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , world war 2, second world war, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe

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Amis, Kingsley. The James Bond Dossier: On the James Bond Novels of Ian Fleming. New York: NAL; London: Jonathan Cape; London: Pan, 1965, 1966, 159 pp.

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Bond, James, nautical fiction , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , nautical fiction, sea fiction , personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Anderson, Duncan, ed. The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault. Oxford: Osprey, 2004, 224 pp. Essays.

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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , invasion, armada, landing , logistics, supply, supplies, world war 2, second world war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT

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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