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Ball, Stuart R. "The Life and Death of an Edwardian Flagship: A Case Study of HMS Bulwark." MM, 72 (May 1986): 189-98.
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age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, world war 1, first world war
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Ball, Simon J. The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for the Mastery of the Mediterranean, 1935-1949. London: Harper, 2009, , xxv, 380 pp. Elegant account; major power struggle, Britain, U.S., France, Germany, Italy (Mare Nostrum).
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Anglo-American; Anglo-French; Anglo-German; Anglo-Italian; expansion; merchant marine; Royal Navy; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Italian, Italy , merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony
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Ballantyne, Iain & Eastland, Jonathan. HMS Victory. Famous Warships of the Royal Navy Series, # 3. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2005, 256 pp. Flagship of Nelson, but also Howe, Keppel, Hood & Jervis; plus 6 other iterations, the first that of Hawkins in the Armada campaign.
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age of sail; armada; HMS Victory; Jervis, John; memorial; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; ship; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, armada, Spanish, invasion , HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, ship, boat, vessel, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial
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Ballantyne, Iain & Hore, Peter. Submarine, 1901-2001. St. Leonards: HPC, 2001, 48 pp. Paintings: Dennis Andrews; folio.
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20th C. (1900-1999); anti-submarine warfare; general history; submarine;
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20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey, submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar
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Ballantyne, Iain, ed. Warships IFR Guide to the Royal Navy 2003. London: HPC, 2002.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel
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Ballantyne, Iain. HMS London. Warships of the Royal Navy Series, # 2. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003, xi, 228 pp. Portsmouth-built cruiser of 2nd World War & after; 11 iterations since 1652.
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age of sail; age of steam; cruiser; Royal Navy; World War II;
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age of steam, cruiser, protection of trade, light cruiser, heavy cruiser, anti-aircraft cruiser , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, age of sail
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Ballantyne, Iain. HMS Rodney. Warships of the Royal Navy Series. Barnsly: Pen & Sword, 2008, xv, 304 pp. 20 illustrations; Treaty Limitation, Invergordon, Norway, Oran, Bismarck.
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20th C. (1900-1999); battleship; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, world war 2, second world war
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Ballantyne, Iain. HMS Warspite. Warships of the Royal Navy Series, # 1. London: Leo Cooper; Annapolis: NIP, 2001, 224 pp. Legendary battleship of 1st & 2nd World Wars; from Goodman Collection.
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age of steam; battleship; Jutland; Royal Navy; World War I; World War II;
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age of steam, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , Jutland, battle, peninsular , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Ballantyne, Iain. Strike from the Sea: The Royal Navy and the United States Navy at War in the Middle East, 1949-2003. Barnsley: Leo Cooper; Barnsley: Pen & Sword; Annapolis: NIP, 2004, 256 pp. Folio, profusely illustrated; in & around Persian Gulf; "East of Suez."
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20th C. (1900-1999); amphibious; Anglo-American; Cold War; Gulf War; Middle East; Royal Navy; Suez; United States Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, cold war, Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean , united states navy, US navy, Gulf War, Middle East War, Arabian Peninsula War, Iraq War
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Ballantyne, Robert Michael. Fast in the Ice: Or, Adventures in the Polar Regions. London: James Nisbet, 1880, 1891, 79 pp. Ballantyne, 1826-1894; included Nelson & bear incident.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Antarctic; Arctic; exploration; memoir; Nelson, Horatio;
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19th century, nineteenth, Antarctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, South Pole , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Nelson, Horatio
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Ballantyne, Tony, ed. Science, Empire and the European Exploration of the Pacific. Pacific World Series, # 6. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004, 2005, xxxv, 367 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); expansion; exploration; Far East; imperialism; science ;
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19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, science , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Ballantyne, Ian. Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Prode of Hitler's Fleet (Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010) 304 pages
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-German; battleship; Royal Navy; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , world war 2, second world war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Ballard, C.B. "The Development of Malta as a First-Class Naval Base since Its Inclusion in the British Empire." JRUSI, 85 (February 1920): 127-40.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; dockyard; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; strategy;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic
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Ballard, Geoffrey S. Vincent. On Ultra Active Service: The Story of Australia's Signal Intelligence Operations during World War II. Richmond: Private, 1991, v, 312 pp. Sigint intelligence; British origins.
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Admiralty; Anglo-American; Anglo-Japanese; coast watcher; intelligence; Royal Australian Navy; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , coast watcher, Pacific War, Royal Australian Navy, Pacific Island, intelligence , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Royal Australian Navy, Australia , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Ballard, George Alexander. "Admiral Ballard's Memoirs." MM, 61-63 (November 1975-February 1977): 6 part series: respectively, (61) 345-50, (62) 23-32, 129-33, 249-52, 347-52, & (63) 25-31. Ballard, 1862-1948.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; memoir; officer; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Ballard, George Alexander. "Early European Rivalry in the Indian Ocean." MM, 14 (April 1928): 113-14. Respons to critique by Lt. C.R. Boxer, later a great historian.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; expansion; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , Indian Ocean, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Ballard, George Alexander. Rulers of the Indian Ocean. London: Duckworth; Delhi: Neeraj; Lahore: Al-Biruni, 1927, 1979, 1984, xvi, 319 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , Indian Ocean, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Ballard, George Alexander. "Some Reflections of Service in a Mid-Victorian Flying Squadron." Nav Rev, 28-30 (1940-1942): 7 part series: respectively (28) 458-70, 624-38, (29) 78-85, 278-87, 460-470, 615-20, & (30) 56-62.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; memoir; officer; Royal Navy; strategy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic
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Ballard, George Alexander. The Black Battlefleet. London: Nautical; Annapolis: NIP, 1979, 1980, 261 pp. Eds: N.A.M. Rodger & George Osbon; foreword: Earl Mountbatten; folio, 200 illustrations; collection of articles.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; battleship; memoir; Mountbatten, Louis; officer; Royal Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
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Ballard, George Alexander. The Influence of the Sea on the Political History of Japan. London: Murray, 1921, xix, 311 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Japanese; sea power;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , sea power
| 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 |