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Abadi, Jacob. Britain's Withdrawal from the Middle East, 1947-1971: The Economic and Strategic Imperatives. Kingston Press Series. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1982, 1983, xvii, 283 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; impressment; Middle East; strategy;
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Middle East, strategy, economics, economic policy, 20th century, twentieth, impressment
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Abbott, John Henry. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In 4 Parts. I: The Owners of Merchant Ships. II: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Therein. III: Of the Carriage of Goods Therein. IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. London: Butterworth, 1802-1827, xxxv, 695 pp. First study of this legal aspect.
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merchant marine, law, commerce, trade, business, lower deck, wages, ship owner
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Adams, Ralph James Quincy. Balfour: The Last Grandee. London: Murray, 2007, 479 pp. First Lord; major new biography; sympathetic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); First Lord; Imperial Defence; Middle East; personality; World War I;
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20th century, twentieth, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Middle East, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adelson, Roger. London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994, 1995, xii, 244 pp. 72 illustrations; term first used by Mahan; emphasis on decision-making process, especially those of Balfour, Lloyd George, Churchill, Kitchener & Landsdown; issues: Baghdad Railway, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Dardanelles, secret diplomacy, Balfour Declaration, Lawrence of Arabia & "Empire on the Cheap."
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Gallipoli; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Middle East; oil ; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Middle East, oil , economics, economic policy, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
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Ader, Jean Joseph. Histoire de l'Expedition d'Egypt et de Syrie. Paris: Dupont, 1826, 400 pp. Plans detailed in color.
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Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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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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Agius, Dionisius A. Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean. Leiden: Brill, 2007, xix, 505 pp. 3 related volumes.
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coastal vessel; Indian Ocean; Middle Ages (400-1399); Middle East; nautical archaeology; ship;
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coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , middle ages (400-1399), Middle East, Indian Ocean, ship, boat, vessel, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report
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Agius, Dionisius A. In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman. Reading: Ithaca, 2002, xx, 253 pp.
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Indian Ocean, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Middle East, ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business
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Agius, Dionisius A. Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: The People of the Dhow. London: Kegan Paul, 2005, 285 pp.
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commerce, trade, business, Middle East, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , ship, boat, vessel, Indian Ocean
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Akehurst, John. We Won a War: The Campaign in Oman, 1965-1975. Salisbury: Michael Russell, 1982, xxiii, 198 pp. Foreword: Lord Carver; Dhofur War.
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20th C. (1900-1999); diplomacy; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Middle East; oil ; Royal Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , oil , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Aksakal, Mustafa. The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War. Cambridge Military Histories Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008, xv, 216 pp. Well researched, well organized, new perspectives; role of Germany.
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Anglo-German; Gallipoli; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East; World War I;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Middle East, world war 1, first world war
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Al-Omery, Omer Saleh. "The Resident in the Gulf: British Power in Transition, 1858-1872." Ph.D. diss, Essex, 1989, 319 pp. (DAI 51/01, p. 268).
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19th C. (1800-1899); colonialism; diplomacy; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Middle East; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, Middle East, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Alam, Muzaffar & Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007, xvi, 399 pp. Erudite & engaging.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; exploration; Indian Ocean; Middle East; voyage;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Indian Ocean, voyage, Middle East, age of sail
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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.
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Admiralty; age of sail; High Court Admiralty; historian; law; prize;
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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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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."
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Admiralty; First Lord; Middle East; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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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
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Alexander, Caroline. The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. London: HarperCollins; New York: Viking; London: Penguin, 2003, xiv, 491 pp. Fresh & detailed narrative of events including subsequent Admiralty mission to capture the mutineers & their courts martial; apologetics for Bligh.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; discipline; exploration; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , law, discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , ship, boat, vessel
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Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Knopf, 1998, x, 213 pp. Folio; for American Museum of Natural History; Sir Ernest Shackleton's 3rd expedition, 1914-1917; trapped; expedition grossly unprepared & incompetent.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Antarctic; critique of Royal Navy; exploration; memorial; museum; Shackleton, Ernest;
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20th century, twentieth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Shackleton, Ernest, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , museum, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy
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Alexander, Caroline. "The Wreck of the Pandora: The Fate of the Men Sent to Hunt Down the Bounty Mutineers." New Yorker (4 August 2003): 44-59. Wreck occurred at Great Barrier Reef; 14 of the original 25 mutineers were aboard in "Pandora" boxes.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Bligh, William; discipline; Far East; law; mutiny; Royal Navy; ship; wreck;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , discipline, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, law
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Alexander, Christopher, Black, Gary & Tsutsui, Miyoko. The Mary Rose Museum. New York: Oxford UP, 1995, 128 pp. Over 100 illustrations; Mary Rose raised in 1982; Mary Rose Trust set out to display artifacts.
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16th C. (1500-1599); association; Mary Rose; museum; nautical archaeology; Royal Navy;
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16th century, sixteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Mary Rose, Tudor flagship, flagship of Henry VIII, Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Museum , museum, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , 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 |