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Baker, Arthur David, III, comp. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 2000-2001: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Annapolis: NIP, 2000, 1107 pp. Produced Combat Fleets every 2 years since 1978; has CD-Rom version.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Canadian Navy, Canada , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand , united states navy, US navy

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Baker, Arthur David, III. "Battlefleets and Diplomacy: Naval Disarmament between the Two World Wars." Warship International, 26 (1989): 217-55.

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battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , interwar

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Baker, Arthur David, III. "Disposing of the Kaiser's Navy, 1918-1920." See J. Sweetman, NHS-10, pp. 65-86.

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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Baker, Arthur David, III. Japanese Naval Vessels of World War Two: As Seen by U.S. Naval Intelligence. London: Arms & Armour, 1987, 440 pp. Folio; reprint of guide used by USN.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, ship, boat, vessel

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Baker, Emerson W. & Reid, John G. The New England Knight: Sir William Phips, 1651-1695. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1998, xxiv, 359 pp. Expedition, French Canada, 1690; failed.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-French, France , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Royal Navy, Britain, England, invasion, armada, landing

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Baker, George Edward. Mountbatten of Burma. Red Lion Lives Series, # 2. London: Cassell, 1959, 119 pp.

Keywords:

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, H.A. The Crisis of Naval Ordnance. Maritime Monographs & Reports Series, # 56. London: NMM, 1983, iv, 45 pp. Folio; intro: Basil Greenhill; ed: P.G.W. Annis; Blomefield-pattern guns.

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Admiralty; gunnery; Royal Navy;

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, gunnery, gun, weapon , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Baker, John Norman Leonard. A History of Geographical Discovery and Exploration. New York: Cooper Square; London: Harrap, 1931, 1937, 1945, 1967, 552 pp. General survey; Parry: "the best."

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, general history, general survey, survey

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Baker, John. Ajax and 940: D-Day, a Personal Account from the Coxswain of a Landing Craft. Braintree: Writing Life, 2004, 150 pp.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , D-Day, invasion, landing, Normandy invasion, invasion of Europe , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , world war 2, second world war

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Baker, Joseph & Liggett, Michael. Titanic: The Untold Story. Belfast: Glenravel, 1996, 44 pp. Foreword: Denis Smyth; folio, magazine format; critical that so many from Third Class perished.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, liner, passenger liner, steamship , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology

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Baker, M. & Baker, P., eds. The Biographical Memoir of Captain William Edmeades, 1766-1852, the Honourable East India Company. Bristol: Baker, 2003.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Baker, Margaret. Discovering Statues in Southern England (Excluding London). Tring: Shire, 1968, 64 pp. Included monuments to Nelson.

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art; memorial; Nelson, Horatio;

Keywords:

memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio, art, painting, painter, artistic, design

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Baker, Matthew. The Fragments of Ancient English Shipwrightery. C. 1580. Contemporary guide.

Keywords:

ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Baker, Michael. "Lord Nelson and the English Timber Cartel." Nel Dis, 8 (December 2005): 823-32. Repeat of article; Bicentennial Edition.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , logistics, supply, supplies, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Baker, Michael. "Lord Nelson and the English Timber Cartel." Maritime South West, 16 (2003): 95-105.

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19th century, nineteenth, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Nelson, Horatio, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Baker, Michael. "Lord Nelson, Timber Merchants and the Great Attraction of History." Nel Dis, 10 (June 2009): 22-26. August 1802, toured, met at Chepstow.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Nelson, Horatio

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Baker, Michael. "Robert Southey, His Biography of Nelson and the 'Deplorable Transaction.'" MM, 91 (May 2005): 324-28. "Deplorable transaction": Naples, June 1799.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Italian, Italy , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Baker, Norman. Government and Contractors: The British Treasury and War Supplies, 1775-1783. Historical Studies, University of London Series, # 30. London: Athlone, 1971, x, 274 pp. Focus on victualling.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies

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Baker, Paul & Stanley, Jo. Hello Sailor!: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea. New York: Longman, 2003, xiv, 257 pp. Britain's Merchant Navy, especially the passenger-carrying fleet of the 1950s & 1960s.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , homosexuality, gay life, gay sailor, sodomy , liner, passenger liner, steamship , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Baker, Raymond F. A Campaign of Amateurs: The Siege of Louisbourg, 1745. Ottawa: National Parks, 1978, 150 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New 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

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