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Backer, Steve. British Battlecruisers of the Second World War. Ship Craft Series, # 7. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2007, 64 pp. Folio; plans & illustrations; for shipcraft modelling.
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battleship; model; Royal Navy; ship; technology; World War II;
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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , model, ship model, model building , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, world war 2, second world war
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Backer, Steve. Japanese Heavy Cruisers. Ship Craft Series, # 5. London: Chatham, 2006, 64 pp. Folio, 120 illustrations.
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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , world war 2, second world war
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Backer, Steve. Shipcraft 19: County Class Cruisers (Barnsley: Seaforth, 2012)
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20th C. (1900-1999); cruiser; interwar; Royal Navy; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, interwar
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Backhouse, James. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies. London: Hamilton Adams, 1843, xviii, 560 pp. Backhouse, 1794-1867, Quaker; travel to Australia.
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19th C. (1800-1899); colonialism; expansion; imperialism; memoir; Royal Australian Navy; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , voyage
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Backscheider, Paula R. Daniel Defoe: Ambition and Innovation. Lexington: Kentucky UP, 1986, ix, 299 pp. Begun as collaboration with M. Novak.
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Defoe, Daniel; literature; nautical fiction; naval lore; personality;
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defoe, daniel, literature, culture, nautical fiction, sea fiction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Backscheider, Paula R. Daniel Defoe: His Life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1989, xv, 671 pp. Meticulously detailed.
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Defoe, Daniel; literature; nautical fiction; naval lore; personality;
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defoe, daniel, nautical fiction, sea fiction , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , literature, culture, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. Henry Hudson: His Times and His Voyages. American Men of Energy Series, # 1. New York: Putnam, 1907, xii, 277 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Colonial America; expansion; personality; river; voyage;
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17th century, seventeenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , personality, prominent leader, noted person , river, voyage
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. Manual of Navigation Laws. Chicago: A.C. McClung, 1912.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; age of sail; education; enterprise; merchant marine; naval guide; navigation law; trade;
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age of sail, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn, 17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation law, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer & McMurtrie, Francis E. Modern Naval Strategy. London: Muller; New York: Chemical, 1940, 1941, 216 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; naval guide; Royal Navy; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , strategy, strategic, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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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.
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Anglo-German; Churchill, Winston; critique of Royal Navy; general history; historian; Jutland; Royal Navy; World War I;
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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. A Naval Scrap-Book. 2 vols. I: 1877-1900. II: From 1900 Onwards. London: Hutchinson, 1925-1940, xv, 660 pp. Autobiography.
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Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; gunnery; memoir; Royal Navy; strategy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, gunnery, gun, weapon , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. Britain's Glorious Navy. London: Odhams, 1943, 320 pp. By Admiral Bacon, 1863-1947; series of essays.
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Admiralty; age of steam; gunnery; officer; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. From 1900 Onward. London: Hutchinson, 1940, 398 pp. Foreword: Archibald Hurd; intro: E.R.G.R. Evans; memoir, 1st of 2 vols.; included design of HMS Dreadnought.
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Admiralty; architecture; battleship; gunnery; memoir; shipbuilding; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , gunnery, gun, weapon , world war 1, first world war, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. "The Capital Ship." See B. Ranft, Ironclad to Trident, pp. 121-25.
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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , gunnery, gun, weapon , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. The Dover Patrol, 1915-1917. 2 vols. London: Hutchinson; New York: Doran, 1917, 1919, 716 pp.
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Admiralty; Anglo-German; battles; English Channel; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battles, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war
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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;
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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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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. "The Value of Torpedo Boats in Wartime." See B. Ranft, Ironclad to Trident, pp. 24-27.
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age of steam; critique of Royal Navy; destroyer; Royal Navy; torpedo; World War I;
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age of steam, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Royal Navy, Britain, England, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, world war 1, first world war
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Baddeley, Allan. Royal Navy. London: Muller, 1942, 164 pp. A guide.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, general history, general survey, survey, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , 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 |