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Ackland, H.K. "Churchill and the Naval Assault on the Dardanelles." 2 parts. Nav Rev, 86 (January & April 1998): 62-68 & 134-39.

Keywords:

Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , world war 1, first world war

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Addison, Paul & Stafford, David, eds. [Oxford Companion to Winston Churchill.] London: Oxford UP. In 2001, noted as in preparation.

Keywords:

Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , general history, general survey, survey, literature, culture

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Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005, 2006, xii, 308 pp. Full & balanced coverage of a 90-year career; Churchill, twice First Lord & Prime Minister; "former naval person"; "Special Relationship" only special one way, U.S. dominated, & Churchill at fault.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Alldritt, Keith. The Greatest of Friends: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, 1941-1945. New York: St. Martin; London: Hale, 1995, 224 pp. Focused on psychological & social aspects of relationship; both "former naval persons."

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister

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Allen, Louis. Singapore, 1941-1942. The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War Series. London: Davis-Poynter; Newark: Delaware UP; London: Cass, 1977, 1979, 1992, 1994, 2003, xvii, 343 pp. Accurate interpretation of pivotal historic event.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence

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Andrew, Christopher M. "Churchill and Intelligence." Intell & Nat Sec, 3 (July 1988): 181-93. Unprecedented faith in intelligence.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty

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Arvin, L.P. "Churchill as Minister of Munitions: A Study of Domestic Decision-Making in Wartime." Ph.D. diss, Claremont 1986.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , strategy, strategic, weapon, arms trade , interwar

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Ash, Bernard. Someone Had Blundered: The Story of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. New York: Doubleday, 1960, 1961, 306 pp. Popular account.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis. The Uncensored Dardanelles. London: Hutch, 1928, 286 pp. Controversy; Churchill on fleet only approach: "a fetish which had gained possession of his mind, blinding him to facts and filling his brain with illusions."

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , invasion, armada, landing , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Ashworth, Leon. Winston Churchill. British History Makers Series. Slough: Cherrytree, 2004, 32 pp. Juvenile literature; First Lord, twice.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , juvenile literature, children's, junior, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister

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Atkins, John Black. Incidents and Reflections. London: Christophers, 1947, viii, 262 pp. Correspondent of Manchester Guardian, voyage to South Africa, 1899; Winston Churchill aboard.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , colonialism, colony, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Austin, Douglas. Churchill and Malta: A Special Relationship. Stroud: Spellmount, 2006, 2007, xii, 180 pp. Foreword: Martin Gilbert.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 2, second world war

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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer, Maurice, Frederick, Sydenham, George, Bird, W.D. & Oman, Charles. The World Crisis by Winston Churchill: A Criticism. London: Hutchinson; Port Washington: Kennikat, 1927, 1928, 1970, 192 pp. A critique, especially about Jutland, point-by-point, & Churchill: inaccurate, unsound.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, historian, history, historical, Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, general history, general survey, survey

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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929, 640 pp. Authorized biography; praise of McKenna, critical of Balfour.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister

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Bailey, Thomas Andrew & Ryan, Paul B. The Lusitania Disaster: An Episode in Modern Warfare and Diplomacy. London: Macmillan, New York: Free Press, 1975, xvi, 383 pp. Denounced claims of Admiralty, & particularly Churchill, conspiracy; no arms, no explosives, no soldiers.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Royal Navy, Britain, England, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, U-boat, submarine, German underwater warship , world war 1, first world war, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Ball, Stuart R. Winston Churchill. Historic Lives Series, British Library. New York: New York UP, 2003, 144 pp. First Lord, twice.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Barclay, Glen St. John. "'Butcher and Bolt': Admiral Roger Keyes and British Combined Operations, 1940-1941." NWCR, 35 (March 1982): 18-29. Series of operations; many "snafus"; dismissed by Churchill.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Barker, Thomas M. "The Ljubljana Gap Strategy: Alterrnative to Anvil/Dragoon or Fantasy?" J Mil Hist, 56 (January 1992): 57-85. Counterfactual; Churchill's "soft underbelly."

Keywords:

Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Italian, Italy , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Barnett, Correlli. "British Military Archives: Churchill College Archives Centre." JSAHR, 61 (Summer 1983): 77-79. By the then Keeper; e.g., papers: Fisher, Roskill, de Robeck, Churchill, Hankey.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , bibliography, list, listing , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty

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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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