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Abbot, William W. The Colonial Origins of the United States, 1607-1763. American Republic Series. London: Wiley, 1975, ix, 134 pp.
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Anglo-American; Colonial America; colonialism; emigration; imperialism;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora
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Abbot, Willis John. Blue Jackets of 1812: A History of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain. New York: Dodd Mead, 1887, viii, 409 pp. Illus: W.C. Jackson & H.W. Vickar.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; Royal Navy; War of 1812;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , 19th century, nineteenth
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Abell, Francis. Prisoners of War in Britain, 1756 to 1815: Record of Their Lives, Their Romance and Their Sufferings. London: Humphrey Milford, 1914, viii, 464 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-French; prisoner of war; War of 1812;
Keywords:
prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France, lower deck , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate act
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Adams, Charles Francis. "The Trent Affair." AHR, 17 (April 1912): 540-62.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; Civil War, American; diplomacy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South
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Adams, Charles Francis. "Wednesday, August 19, 1812, 6:30 PM: The Birth of a World Power." AHR, 18 (April 1913): 513-21. USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerrier.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; frigate; War of 1812;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , battles, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , 19th century, nineteenth
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Adams, Ephraim Douglass. Great Britain and the American Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Longman; New York: Russell, 1925, 647 pp. Standard on Anglo-American relations.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; Anglo-Confederate; blockade; Civil War, American; commerce; diplomacy;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Confederate, Confederacy, The South, Civil War, American, America, United States, US, USA, Confederacy, Confederates, North, South, commerce, trade, business, blockade, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Adams, Henry Brooks. History of the United States of America: during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison. 9 vols. Chicago: Chicago UP; New York: Antiquarian; New York: Viking, 1889-1891, 1921, 1930, 1962, 1967, 1986, 1308 pp. Various abridged editions, e.g., by Ernest Samuels & Archer Jones; Adams, 1838-1918; a classic; monumental, balanced, impartial; especially good on War of 1812.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; colonialism; commerce; diplomacy; historian; War of 1812;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, colonialism, colony, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , historian, history, historical, commerce, trade, business
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Adams, Henry Brooks. The War of 1812. Harrisburg: Infantry Journal; New York: Cooper Square, 1944, 1999, 2000, vii, 377 pp. Ed: H.A. DeWeerd; intro: John Elting; from 9-vol. history; much praised.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-American; battles; blockade; diplomacy; frigate; historian; War of 1812;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, blockade, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , battles, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , historian, history, historical
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Adams, Lestyn. Brothers across the Ocean: British Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Anglo-American "Special Relationship," 1900-1905. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005, 282 pp. Credit to Foreign Minister Lord Landsdown; key issues: Alaska, Panama Canal & Venezuela.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; diplomacy; Latin America; Special Relationship; World War I;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area
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Adams, Randolph G. "A View of Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown." AHR, 37 (October 1931): 25-49. Washington's American & French forces, army & navy, converged at Yorktown; Royal Navy pressured at home by French & Dutch; British failed; "When Britain failed to muddle through."
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Anglo-American; Anglo-French; battles; Colonial America; personality; Royal Navy; Yorktown;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , battles, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Yorktown, campaign, battle, Battle of Chesapeake, surrender, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Adcock, Al. United States Flush Deck Destroyers in Action. Warship in Action Series, # 19. Carrollton: Squadron/Signal, 2003, 50 pp. 150 illustrations; built, 1918-1943; 50 to Britain; ultimately service in navies of Canada, Russia & Japan.
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Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Special Relationship; World War II;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 2, second world war, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA
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Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005, 2006, xii, 308 pp. Full & balanced coverage of a 90-year career; Churchill, twice First Lord & Prime Minister; "former naval person"; "Special Relationship" only special one way, U.S. dominated, & Churchill at fault.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; Royal Navy; Special Relationship; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Agar, Herbert. The Darkest Years: Britain Alone, June 1940-June 1941. New York: Doublday; London: Bodley Head, 1972, 1973, 228 pp. Alt. title: Britain Alone.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Agostini, Thomas. "'Deserted His Majesty's Service': Military Runaways, the British-American Press, and the Problem of Desertion during the Seven Years' War." J Social His, 40 (Summer 2007): 957-87. Over 2000 deserted.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-American; condition; impressment; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail
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Aitchison, Robert. A British Eyewitness at the Battle of New Orleans: The Memoir of Royal Navy Admiral Robert Aitchison, 1808-1827. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans, 2004, 149 pp. Ed: Gene A. Smith.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; battles; invasion; memoir; War of 1812;
Keywords:
Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, battles, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, Baker, William A. & Labaree, Benjamin W. New England and the Sea. American Maritime Library Series, vol. 5. Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1972, xiv, 299 pp. Folio; illus: Marion V. Brewington.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-American; Colonial America; commerce; sea; sea power;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , sea, ocean, maritime , sea power, commerce, trade, business
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Makers of Naval Policy, 1798-1947. Annapolis: NIP, 1948, 1980, x, 737 pp. Ed: Rowena Reed; official administrative history of U.S. Navy; comprehensive & critical; written in 1948 but not published until 1980.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; age of sail; age of steam; Anglo-American; sea power; strategy; United States Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, age of steam, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, sea power, strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England and France: And the Cotton Ports. Princeton: Princeton UP; Hamden: Archon, 1938, 1965, xii, 371 pp.
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age of sail; Anglo-American; Anglo-French; commerce; port; ship; trade;
Keywords:
age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, ship, boat, vessel
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Alcock, C.P. "Britain and the Korean War, 1950-1953." Ph.D. diss, Manchester, 1986.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Cold War; Korea; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Royal Navy, Britain, England, cold war
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Alden, John Doughty. Flush Decks and Four Pipes. Sea Power Monographs Series, # 2. Annapolis: NIP, 1965, 1989, 112 pp. Over 100 illustrations; 347 destroyers listed; 50 to G.B. in destroyers for bases deal; as Town Class in G.B.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; destroyer; diplomacy; Royal Navy; ship; Special Relationship; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , world war 2, second world war, united states navy, US navy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, ship, boat, vessel
| 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 |