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Abbot, Willis John. Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development and Present Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. New York: Putnam, 1918, 382 pp.
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aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, weapon, arms trade , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, U-boat, ASW, sonar
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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;
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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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Abbott, G.F. Greece and the Allies, 1914-1922. London, 1922, 237 pp. Preface: Mark Kerr.
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Anglo-Greek, Greece , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , strategy, dardanelles
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Abbott, G.F. "The Levant Company and Its Rivals." Quarterly Review (April 1920).
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enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , commerce, trade, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command
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Abbott, John Henry. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In 4 Parts. I: The Owners of Merchant Ships. II: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Therein. III: Of the Carriage of Goods Therein. IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. London: Butterworth, 1802-1827, xxxv, 695 pp. First study of this legal aspect.
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merchant marine, law, commerce, trade, business, lower deck, wages, ship owner
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Abbott, John Lawrence. John Hawkesworth: Eighteenth-Century Man of Letters. Madison: Wisconsin UP, 1982, xvii, 241 pp. Journals of voyages of Captain Cook; controversy, e.g., about publication & content; died in disgrace.
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amphibious, Cook, James, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , 18th century, eighteenth, art, painting, painter, artistic, design , journal
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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. Captain William Kidd, and Others of the Pirates or Buccaneers Who Ravaged the Seas, the Islands, and the Continents of America Two Hundred Years Ago. New York: Dodd Mead, 1874, xi, 373 pp.
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piracy, privateering, depredation, pirate, buccaneer, privateer, corsair
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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. Napoleon at St. Helena: Or, Interesting Anecdotes and Remarkable Conversations of the Emperor during the Five and a Half Years of His Captivity (Collected from the Memorials of Las Casas, O'Meara, Montholou, Antommarchi and Others. New York: Harper, 1855, 662 pp. Folio.
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Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Royal Navy, Britain, England, journal, exile
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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. The Buccaneer Chiefs: Or, Captain Kidd and the Pirates of America. London: Ward Lock, 1880. Abbott, 1805-1877, prolific biographer, e.g., over 90 entries, British Library catalogue.
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piracy, privateering, depredation , pirate, buccaneer, privateer, corsair
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Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones. New York: Dodd Mead, 1872, 1874, 359 pp.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jones, John Paul, united states navy, US navy
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Abbott, Peter. "A Rationale for Maritime Forces in the New Strategic Environment: Feature: Maritime Power." JRUSI, 138 (April 1993): 32-39.
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strategy, maritime power, naval forces
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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;
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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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Abell, Thomas Bertrand. Stability and Seaworthiness of Ships: A Textbook for Officers of the Mercantile Marine and for All Concerned with the Loading of Ships. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1926, vii, 297 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine, seafaring
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Safe Sea. Liverpool: Journal of Commerce, Birchall, 1932, xxxi, 228 pp. Sir Westcott Stile Abell.
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commerce, trade, business, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Ship and Her Work. Studies in Commerce Series, # 2. London: Gee, 1923, 114 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business, seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Shipwright's Trade. Cambridge: Cambridge UP; Jamaica: Caravan, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1981, xiii, 218 pp. Folio; development of shipbuilding; superficial.
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shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Abels, Richard Philip & Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. The Normans and Their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Warfare in History Series, # 12. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2001, 232 pp. Festschrift for Hollister; essays, e.g., Harold as Warlord.
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middle ages (400-1399), Anglo-French, France , historian, history, historical
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Abels, Richard Philip. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Early England. The Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1998, xvii, 373 pp. Occasion of 1100th anniversary of death; analysis; focused on "warlord"; some naval aspects.
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personality, prominent leader, noted person , middle ages (400-1399), King Alfred
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Abels, Richard Philip. "English Tactics, Strategy and Military Organization in the Late Tenth Century." See D. Scragg, Battle of Maldon, pp. 143-55.
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tactics, strategy, strategic, battles
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Abels, Richard Philip. "Leadership and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England." Ph.D diss, Columbia, 1982. (DAI, June 1984).***
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middle ages (400-1399), recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, anglo-saxon
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 |