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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.
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Anglo-Japanese; coast watcher; intelligence; Royal Australian Navy; World War II;
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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Adams, Bruce. Rust in Peace: South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited. Sydney: Antipodean, 1975, 1976, 239 pp. Included site of shootdown of Admiral Yamamoto; monument to Coastwatchers.
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Anglo-Japanese; coast watcher; Royal Australian Navy; World War II; wreck;
Keywords:
Anglo-Japanese, Japan , coast watcher, Pacific War, Royal Australian Navy, Pacific Island, intelligence , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , world war 2, second world war
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Adamson, Iain. The Forgotten Men: Commandos in War-Time China. London: Bell; New York: Roy, 1965, 1970, 195 pp. British & Australian commandos leading Chinese guerrillas against Japanese; Mission 204 to China, January 1942; overall a failure due to personnel deficiencies.
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Anglo-Chinese; Anglo-Japanese; commando; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Anglo-Chinese, China, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Adcock, Arthur St. John. Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea. London: Simpkins Marshall, 1916, x, 99 pp.
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expansion; Royal Australian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , world war 1, first world war, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Agassiz, Alexandre. A Visit to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia: In the Steamer Croydon, during April and May 1896. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1898, 54 pp. Illustrations: 41 plates.
Categories:
19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; exploration; Royal Australian Navy; ship;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel
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Alden, John Doughty. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II: Including Allied Submarine Attacks in the Pacific Theater. Annapolis: NIP, 1989, 320 pp. Included British & Dutch submarines in the Far East; full chonological listing, Pacific & Atlantic; confirmation by Japanese sources.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; anti-submarine warfare; Battle of the Atlantic; Far East; naval guide; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Navy; submarine; U-boat; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, U-boat, submarine, German underwater warship , world war 2, second world war, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia
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Allen, Stephen. "HMAS Sydney: The Limits of Historical Analysis." J Australian War Memorial, 22 (April 1993): 4-10. November 1941, Australian cruiser lost without a trace; massive public interest in Australia since; conspiracy theories abounded.
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Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; battles; cruiser; Royal Australian Navy; ship; World War II;
Keywords:
cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , battles, ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war
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Andrew, Christopher M. & Dilks, David, eds. The Missing Dimension: Governments ands Intelligence Communities in the Twentieth Century. London: Macmillan; Champaign: Illinois UP, 1984, 300 pp. 11 essays; some cited.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; communication; diplomacy; intelligence; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand
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Andrew, Christopher M. "Intelligence Collaboration between Britain, the U.S., and the Commonwealth during World War II." See W. Hitchcock, Intelligence Revolution, pp. 111-22.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; Anglo-German; Anglo-Japanese; communication; intelligence; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Japanese, Japan , communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand
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Andrews, Eric M. The ANZAC Illusion: Anglo-Australian Relations during World War I. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1993, 258 pp.
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Admiralty; diplomacy; Gallipoli; Royal Australian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , world war 1, first world war
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Anthony, Ian. The Naval Arms Trade. Stockholm: SIPRI; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1990, xii, 221 pp. Featured: Australia, New Zealand, Canada & India; included naval arms: warships, missiles, aircraft.
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20th C. (1900-1999); aviation; gunnery; mine; missile; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; trade; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, gunnery, gun, weapon , mine, underwater weapon, missile, rocket, ballistic missile, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , weapon, arms trade , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Arnold, Lorna & Smith, Mark. Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, xiv, 322 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; nuclear ; Royal Australian Navy; strategy; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , strategy, strategic
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Arnold, Lorna. A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapons Trials in Australia. London: HMSO, 1987, xiv, 322 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; diplomacy; Far East; nuclear ; Royal Australian Navy; technology; weapons;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, nuclear , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , weapon, arms trade , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Ashton, J., Challenor, C. & Courtney, R. The Scientific Investigation of a Carley Float. Canberra: Australian War Museum, 1993. Debris from HMAS Sydney.
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Anglo-German; battles; Royal Australian Navy; ship; World War II; wreck;
Keywords:
Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , ship, boat, vessel, world war 2, second world war, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Atkinson, Alan. The Europeans in Australia: A History. 2 vols. I: The Beginning. II: Democracy. London: Oxford UP, 1997-2004, xviii, 429, xxiii, 440 pp. Two of projected trilogy; convict settlements until 1815; Bligh, a controvrersial Governor.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Bligh, William; colonialism; convict; emigration; imperialism; Royal Australian Navy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , Royal Australian Navy, Australia
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Atkinson, Alan. "The Free-Born Englishman Transported: Convict Rights as a Measure of Eighteenth-Century Empire." P & P, 144 (1994): 88-115.
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18th C. (1700-1799); colonialism; convict; emigration; expansion; imperialism; Royal Australian Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, colonialism, colony, convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Australian Navy, Australia
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Aye, Michael. Barracuda. Fighting Anthony Series, # 3. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 233 pp. Nautical fiction.
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nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Australian Navy, Australia
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Aye, Michael. HMAS Seawolf. Fighting Anthony Series, # 2. Ithaca: McBooks, 2008, 276 pp. Nautical fiction.
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nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Australian Navy, Australia
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Bach, John P.S. A Maritime History of Australia. Melbourne: Nelson; London: Hamilton, 1976, 1977, xiv, 481 pp. Australia was discovered, explored, settled & sustained by Europeans, mainly RN.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); convict; expansion; exploration; logistics; maritime history; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , convict, transport, transportation, prisoner, prisoner of war, punish, punishment , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Navy, Britain, England, logistics, supply, supplies, maritime history, naval history
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Bach, John P.S. The Australia Station: A History of the Royal Navy in the South West Pacific, 1821-1913. Kensington: New South Wales UP, 1985, 1986, x, 260 pp. Detailed history of a naval station; example of Pax Britannica.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; condition; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Navy, Britain, England, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
| 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 |