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Aldgate, Anthony & Richards, Jeffrey. Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War. Edinburgh: Edinburgh HP; Oxford: Blackwell, 1986, 1994, 312 pp. Prominent example: "In Which We Serve," story of Mountbatten & HMS Kelly; directed by Noel Coward, 1942; stimulated British morale.
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Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; First Sea Lord; Mountbatten, Louis; naval lore; World War II;
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Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , world war 2, second world war
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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.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; architecture; battleship; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; intelligence; personality; Royal Navy; strategy; tactics;
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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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Altham, Edward. Jellicoe. Order of Merit Studies. London: Blackie, 1939, x, 190 pp. Marder: good, short biography; sanctioned by Jellicoe trustees.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; First Sea Lord; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Navy; World War I;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Applin, Arthur. Admiral Jellicoe. London: Pearson, 1915, 112 pp. Early life, including sinking of HMS Victoria; before Jutland.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-German; battles; First Sea Lord; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , world war 1, first world war, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Jutland Scandal. London: Hutchinson, 1924, 1925, xvi, 160 pp. Dedicated to "those Two Neglected Goddesses, Justice and Truth. . . ."; official history delayed; pro-Jellicoe; denounced Admiralty Narrative.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battles; Beatty, David; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; gunnery; historian; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, gunnery, gun, weapon , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , battles, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , historian, history, historical, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Life of John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe. London: Cassell, 1936, xvi, 565 pp. Foreword: Reginald McKenna; authorized biography; much Beatty-bashing.
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Admiralty; battleship; Beatty, David; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Imperial Defence; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Royal Australian Navy, Australia , world war 1, first world war
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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.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battleship; Churchill, Winston; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; Royal Navy; World War I;
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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Baker, George Edward. Mountbatten of Burma. Red Lion Lives Series, # 2. London: Cassell, 1959, 119 pp.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty
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Baker, Richard. Dry Ginger: The Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu. London: Allen, 1977, 254 pp. Name: because rum ration eliminated during his watch.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; condition; First Sea Lord; memoir; officer; personality; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 20th century, twentieth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Ball, Simon J. "'Vested Interests and Vanished Dreams': Duncan Sandys, the Chiefs of Staff and the 1957 White Paper." See P. Smith, Government and Armed Forces, pp. 217-34.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; Cold War; First Sea Lord; Imperial Defence; nuclear ; Royal Navy; strategy; weapons;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , nuclear , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, weapon, arms trade , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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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.
Categories:
Admiralty; bibliography; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John;
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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Beatty, Charles Robert Longfield. Our Admiral: A Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty. London: W.H. Allen, 1980, xi, 211 pp. By nephew; "family portrait."
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Admiralty; Beatty, David; First Sea Lord; interwar; Jutland; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Jutland, battle, peninsular , interwar, world war 1, first world war
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Beckett, Ian Frederick William. "'Selection by Disparagement': Lord Esher, the General Staff and the Politics of Command, 1904-1914." See D. French, British General Staff, 2002.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; personality; Royal Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bellairs, Carlyon. The Battle of Jutland: The Sowing and the Reaping. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920, xvi, 312 pp. "Dedicated without permission to the man who will give the Royal Navy a Real War Staff"; critical of Jellicoe & Balfour; "Hush-Hush Policy.".
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battles; Beatty, David; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; First Sea Lord; Jellicoe, John; Jutland; tactics;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Beatty, David, First Sea Lord, Fleet Commander, Grand Fleet Commander , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , Jutland, battle, peninsular , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , battles, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , tactics
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Betrayal: Being a Record of Facts Concerning Naval Policy and Administration from the Year 1902 to the Present Time. London: P.S. King, 1912, viii, 209 pp. Admiral Lord Beresford, 1846-1919; critic of Fisher & his reforms; serious split in RN.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 20th century, twentieth, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. 2 vols. Boston: Little Brown; London: Methuen, 1914, 577 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; memoir; personality; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Beresford, Charles William de la Poer. The Navy, the Mercantile Marine and the Value of the Empire. Birmingham: Birmingham Midland Institute, 1917, 25 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Sea Lord; Fisher, John; merchant marine; Royal Navy;
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, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Fisher, John, First Sea Lord, reformer , merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bradford, Edward Eden. Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson Bt. VC, GCB, OM, GCVO. London: Murray, 1923, 257 pp. "Old 'Ard 'Art"; VC, 1st World War.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Biography; First Sea Lord; torpedo; World War I;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, biography, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon
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Brodhurst, Robin. "Admiral Sir Dudley Pound (1939-1943)." See M. Murfett, First Sea Lords, pp. 185-200.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Biography; First Sea Lord; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, biography, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , world war 2, second world war
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Brodhurst, Robin. Churchill's Anchor: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, OM, GCB, GCVO. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2000, xvi, 320 pp. First Sea Lord; died 1943, state funeral.
Categories:
19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); administration; Biography; First Sea Lord; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, 19th century, nineteenth, administration, bureaucracy, civil service, governance, world war 2, second world war, First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , biography
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 |