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Addison, Thomas. "Extracts from the Journals of Thomas Addison, of the East India Company Service, 1801-1830." See J. Laughton, Naval Miscellany, II., pp. 333-74.
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19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , company, charter, shipping, commercial , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Adelson, Roger. London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994, 1995, xii, 244 pp. 72 illustrations; term first used by Mahan; emphasis on decision-making process, especially those of Balfour, Lloyd George, Churchill, Kitchener & Landsdown; issues: Baghdad Railway, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Dardanelles, secret diplomacy, Balfour Declaration, Lawrence of Arabia & "Empire on the Cheap."
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Gallipoli; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Middle East; oil ; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Middle East, oil , economics, economic policy, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
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Ader, Clement. Military Aviation. Maxwell AFB: Air UP, 1907, 2003, 112 pp. Trans: Lee Kennett.
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aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, 20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey
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Ader, Jean Joseph. Histoire de l'Expedition d'Egypt et de Syrie. Paris: Dupont, 1826, 400 pp. Plans detailed in color.
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Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adie, W.A.C. Oil, Politics, and Seapower: The Indian Ocean Vortex. New York: National Strategy Information Center, 1975, 97 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); imperialism; Indian Ocean; oil ; propulsion ; sea power;
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20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, oil , propulsion , sea power
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Adkin, Mark. The Sharpe Companion: A Detailed Historical and Military Guide to Bernard Cornwell's Bestselling Series of Sharpe Novels. London: HarperCollins, 1998, 2000, 2003, xxii, 322 pp. Richard Sharpe, fiction; 2003 ed: Vol. I: The Early Years, 1777-1808.
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18th century, eighteenth, literature, culture, nautical fiction, sea fiction
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Adkin, Mark. The Trafalgar Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. London: Aurum; Ithaca: McBooks, 2005, 560 pp. Folio, 200 illustrations; for Nelson, coverage of Calvi, the Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar, the funeral & memorials; descriptive, not analytical; not scholarly; earlier, The Waterloo Companion, 2001.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; memorial; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy. London: Little Brown, 2008, xxiv, 429 pp. Excellent maps & illustrations, though little link to commentary; covered 1770-1815; introductory level, emphasis on geneology; exaggerated "bad" conduct & "miserable" life, as, earlier, had John Masefield.
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age of sail; condition; literature; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, literature, culture
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; London: Abacus, 2006, 2007, xxvi, 534 pp. Social history approach, incorporating songs, poems, pamphlets; conclusion: "ultimately the war against Napoleon was won by the officers and men of the British Navy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; battles; Napoleon; Nelson, Horatio; officer; Royal Navy; sea power; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, officer, quarterdeck, leader , sea power
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Adkins, Roy. Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; New York: Penguin; London: Abacus, 2004, 2005, xxiv, 392 pp. Extensive coverage of preliminaries & battle; alternate title: Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle that Changed the World; eyewitness history at its best; invasion threat, e.g., 1st Ordnance Survey, Admiralty telegraph system, Martello Towers.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adlam, Henry. On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007. "Hank" Adlam; memoir, RAF aerial operations.
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Aircraft carrier; aviation; memoir; naval lore; Royal Navy; World War II;
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aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Adlow, Elijah. Napoleon in Italy, 1796-1797. Boston: Rochfort, 1948, xii, 226 pp.
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Anglo-French; Anglo-Italian; invasion; Naples; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-French, France , invasion, armada, landing , Anglo-Italian, Italy , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1908, 1909, 1954, `964, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1983, xxviii, 1684 pp.. Basic textbook of seamanship; I: basics, II: for promotion, III: advancement; various editions per volume.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; navigation; officer; seamanship;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, officer, quarterdeck, leader , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.
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Admiralty; condition; discipline; naval guide; officer; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; woman;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Report of a Committee Appointed by the Admiralty to Examine and Consider the Evidence Relating to the Tactics Employed by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. London: HMSO, 1913, xvi, 107 pp. Report of formal study committee set up in 1912; use of the literature, e.g., Desbriere, Corbett, Mahan, Laughton, Newbolt & James.
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; tactics; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , battles, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, tactics, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. The Admiralty List Books. A month by month track of every ship in commission, its commanding officer, lieutenants, complement, station; up to 1813.
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Admiralty; age of sail; naval guide; officer; Royal Navy; ship; ship of the line;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, officer, quarterdeck, leader , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate
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Adney, Edwin Tappan & Chapelle, Howard I. Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. New York: Sterling, 2007, 242 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); coastal vessel; Colonial America; nautical archaeology; ship; shipbuilding;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, 17th century, seventeenth
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Adye, S. Payne. A Treatise on Courts-Martial: Also, An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewerds. London: Murray; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1786, 1796, 1797, 1981, viii, 284 pp.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, law, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Aflalo, Frederick George. The Sea-Fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea Fisheries and Fishing Ports of Those Countries. London: Edward Stanford, 1904, xx, 386 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; age of steam; fishing; merchant marine; naval lore; port;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, age of sail, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling
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Agar, Augustus. Baltic Episode: A Classic of Secret Service in Russian Waters. London: Hodder & Stoughton; Annapolis: NIP, 1963, 1983, 255 pp. Dedication: Admiral Sir Walter Cowan; Baltic operations of RN, 1919-1920; small attack boats in Gulf of Finland; sank Soviet cruiser; by operational commander who received Victoria Cross; written after his retirement.
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Anglo-Russian; Baltic; battles; intelligence; interwar; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , battles, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, interwar, personality, prominent leader, noted person
| 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 |