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Barjot, Amiral & Savant, Jean. History of the World's Shipping. London: Ian Allen, 1961, 1965, 430 pp. Folio, profusely illustrated; trans: Carol Tomkins.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, age of sail, general history, general survey, survey, ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders

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Barkawi, T.K. "Battle and Culture: British Imperial Forces in South-East Asia in the Second World War." Ph.D. diss, Minnesota, 2001.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , battles, culture, music, literature, language, art , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, guerrilla warfare, commando operation, terrorist warfare , world war 2, second world war

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Barker, Arthur J. Dunkirk: The Great Escape. London: Dent, New York: McKay, 1977, 240 pp.

Keywords:

amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , dunkirk, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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Barker, Arthur J. Suez: The Seven Day War. London: Faber & Faber; New York: Praeger, 1964, 1965, 223 pp.

Keywords:

Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean

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Barker, Arthur J. Suicide Weapon: Japanese Kamikaze Forces in World War II. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II Series. New York: Ballantine, 1961, 1971, 160 pp. Intro: Barrie Pitt; included air & sea forces.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war

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Barker, Arthur J. The Bastard War: The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1914-1918. New York: Dial; London: Faber & Faber, 1967, xiv, 449 pp. Alt. title: The Neglected War; definitive; oil an issue.

Keywords:

Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Middle East, oil , world war 1, first world war, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony

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Barker, Arthur J. The War against Russia, 1854-1856. New York:Holt Rinehart; London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970, 1971, xvii, 348 pp. Popular history.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Anglo-French, France , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barker, Dennis. Ruling the Waves: An Unofficial Portrait of the Royal Navy. New York: Viking, 1986, 448 pp. Lamented decline.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barker, Derek. "British Naval Officers' Buttons, 1748-1975." MM, 63 (November 1977): 373-87.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, officer, quarterdeck, leader , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barker, Derek. "The Naval Uniform Dress of 1748." MM, 65 (1979): 243-54.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , officer, quarterdeck, leader

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Barker, Felix. "If Parma Had Landed." Hist Tod, 38 (May 1988): 34-41. Counterfactual, Armada.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , armada, Spanish, invasion , invasion, armada, landing

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Barker, Mark. The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II. Elite Series, # 165. Oxford: Osprey, 2008, 64 pp. Illus: S. Walsh & M. Postlewaite.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare

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[Barker, Matthew Henry.] "An Old Sailor". Greenwich Hospital, A Series of Naval Sketches Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War. London: Robins, 1826, 200 pp. Folio.

Keywords:

age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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[Barker, Matthew Henry.] "An Old Sailor". The Life of Nelson. London: Frederic Shoberl; London: Jegg; London: Colburn; Boston: Elibron, 1836, 1838, 1867, 2001, 486 pp. "Full of facts & anecdotes."

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio

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Barker, Matthew Henry. The Naval Club, Or, Reminiscences of Service. 3 vols. London: Colburn, 1843. Memoir.

Categories:

memoir; Royal Navy;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Barker, Matthew Henry. The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat: Laden with Tales and Yarns to Please All Hands. London: Strange; London: Henry Lea, 1844, 1855, vi, 280 pp. Caricature.

Keywords:

age of sail, literature, culture, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary

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Barker, Nicholas. Beyond Endurance: An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic. London: Leo Cooper, 1997, xv, 254 pp. Foreword: Rex Hunt; Falklands/Malvinas campaign.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-Argentine, Argentina, Argentinian, invasion, armada, landing , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , 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

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