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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.
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Anglo-Russian; Baltic; battles; intelligence; interwar; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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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.
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Anglo-German; Anglo-Russian; Baltic; economics; intelligence; memoir; World War I; World War II;
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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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Albanov, Valerian. In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic. New York: Modern Library, 1917, 2000, xx, 205 pp. Trans from original Russian; European penetration of Arctic, a combination of folly, poor planning, luck & endurance.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Russian; Arctic; exploration; health;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Alder, Garry John. "Britain and the Defence of India: The Origins of the Problem, 1798-1815." J Asian His, 6 (1972): 14-44. British frontier expanded, requiring strategic defense, e.g,, in Afghanistan; first Oriental ambitions of Napoleon a possible threat, then, actual threat from Russia, i.e., the Great Game.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-French; Anglo-Russian; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Indian Ocean, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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Alder, Garry John. British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-1895: A Study in Imperial Policy. Imperial Studies Series, # 25. London: Longman, 1963, 1964, xiv, 392 pp. For Royal Commonwealth Society; routine: interference, intervention, defense, mostly from Russia; "Great Game" not in index.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; association; expansion; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean
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Alder, Garry John. "Standing Alone: William Moorcroft Plays the Great Game, 1808-1825." IHR, 2 (1980): 172-215.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; diplomacy; Great Game; Imperial Defence; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Indian Ocean, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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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; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; diplomacy; Imperial Defence; intelligence;
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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 C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; 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. "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; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; Far East; imperialism; intelligence; strategy;
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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. 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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Alexander, Philip F. The North-West and North-East Passages, 1576-1611. Cambridge Travel Books Series. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1915, 211 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; Anglo-Russian; exploration; Northwest Passage;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet
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Allen, W.E.D., ed. Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings, 1589-1607. 2 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, #s 138 & 139. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1970, xlii, 640 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Russian; Baltic; diplomacy; Hakluyt Society publication; trade; voyage;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Hakluyt Society publication, voyage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Amos, Philip. "Recent Work on the Great Game in Asia." IHR, 2 (April 1980): 308-20. Extensive coverage.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; Far East; Great Game; imperialism;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Anderson, Matthew Smith. Britain's Discovery of Russia, 1552-1815. New York: St. Martin; London: Macmillan, 1958, vi, 245 pp.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; Anglo-Russian; commerce; company; diplomacy; exploration; Northwest Passage; trade;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Northwest Passage, exploration, search for access to East, route to East
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Andrew, Christopher M. & Neilson, Keith. "Tsarist Codebreaking and British Codes." See C. Andrew, Codebreaking & Signals Intelligence, pp. 6-12.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-Russian; communication; intelligence; World War I; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Antonov, A.M. "The Birth of Red October." USNIP, 121 (December 1995): 79-81. Late 1950s; K-5 November Class Soviet nuclear submarine.
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Anglo-Russian; Cold War; intelligence; nautical fiction; nuclear ; propulsion ; submarine;
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Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , nuclear , nautical fiction, sea fiction , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, propulsion
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Appleby, John C. "A 'Voyage to Greenland for the Catching of Whales': English Whaling Enterprise in the Seventeenth Century." IJ Mar Hist, 9 (December 1997): 29-49. Source: High Court of Admiralty; Muscovy Company.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Anglo-Russian; company; expansion; exploration; voyage; whaling;
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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , company, charter, shipping, commercial , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , voyage, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing
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Appleby, John C. "Conflict, Cooperation and Competition?: The Rise and Fall of the Hull Whaling Trade during the Seventeenth Century." Nor Mar, 18 (April 2008): 23-59. Competition, Muscovy Company.
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17th C. (1600-1699); age of sail; Anglo-Russian; company; port; whaling;
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17th century, seventeenth, age of sail, company, charter, shipping, commercial , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet
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Armstorng, Terence E. "Transportation of Resources from and through the Northern Waters." See C. Archer, Norhern Waters, pp. 55-68.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Russian; Arctic; exploration; logistics; North Sea; voyage;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , logistics, supply, supplies, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , north sea, voyage
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Armstrong, Terence E. "The Development of the Northern Sea Route." D.Phil. diss, Cambridge, 1951. (ASLIB 1-523).
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age of sail; Anglo-Russian; Arctic; exploration; navigation; North Sea; sea; voyage;
Keywords:
north sea, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World
| 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 |