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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Airy, George Biddell. The Transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882: On the Preparitary Arrangements for the Observations of the Transits. London: Strangeways & Walden, 1868, 1877, 23 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); exploration; instrument; navigation; science ;
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19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , science , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Albert, J.G. "Attlee, the Chiefs of Staff and the Restructuring of 'Commonwealth Defence' between VJ Day and the Outbreak of the Korean War." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1986. (ITT 37-1, 1988).
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Cold War; Imperial Defence; Korea; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, cold war, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , world war 2, second world war
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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;
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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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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F., eds. Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Cass, 1994, x, 273 pp. Foreword: John D. Young; 12 essays, some cited.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; diplomacy; Imperial Defence; intelligence;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Aldrich, Richard James, ed. British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951. London: Routledge, 1992, xiv, 347 pp. 12 essays, some cited; intelligence & strategy.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; intelligence; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, strategy, strategic, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
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Aldrich, Richard James. "British Strategy and the End of Empire: South Asia, 1945-1951." See R. Aldrich, British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, pp. 275-307.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; Far East; imperialism; intelligence; strategy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , cold war
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Aldrich, Richard James. The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and the Cold War Secret Intelligence. London: Murray, 2001, 480 pp.
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war
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Alexander, Joseph H. & Bartlett, Merrill L. Sea Soldiers in the Cold War: Amphibious Warfare, 1945-1991. Annapolis: NIP, 1995, xi, 220 pp. Operational history, e.g., Korea, Falklands, Middle East.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; Falkland; Korea; Middle East; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy
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Alexander, Lewis M. "The Changing Nature of the High Seas." See F. Crickard, Multinational Naval Cooperation, pp. 30-45.
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Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; diplomacy; guerrilla warfare; strategy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, guerrilla warfare, commando operation, terrorist warfare , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , strategy, strategic, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine
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Allaway, Jim, comp. More Navy in the News, 1954-1994. London: HMSO, 1994, x, 119 pp. Folio.
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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 , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, cold war
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Allaway, Jim, comp. The Navy in the News, 1954-1991. London: HMSO, 1993, xvi, 107 pp. Folio.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, cold war, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allaway, Jim. Leander Class Frigates: Milestones from the Career of the Royal Navy's Most Successful Post-War Frigate Design: From the Pages of Navy News. Norwich: HMSO, 1995, vi, 72 pp. Folio, over 100 illustrations.
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anti-submarine warfare; architecture; Cold War; frigate; Royal Navy;
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , frigate, anti-submarine warfare vessel , cold war, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Louis. "Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-1945." Durham University Journal, 64 (December 1971): 120-32. A supplement to Lord Mountbatten dispatches of 1951; among disclosures: divide Indo-China, post-war, at 16 degrees North.
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Anglo-Japanese; Cold War; diplomacy; Far East; Mountbatten, Louis; Singapore; strategy; World War II;
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Anglo-Japanese, Japan , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , strategy, strategic, world war 2, second world war
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Allison, Richard Sydney. Sea Diseases: The Story of a Great Natural Experiment in the Preventive Medicine in the Royal Navy. London: Bale Medical, 1943, xxiii, 218 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; health; Royal Navy; scurvy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allison, Richard Sydney. The Surgeon Probationers. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1979, xix, 142 pp. Included "Clinical Notes" by R.J. Willan.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Alphonse, Philip. "The Sixth Fleet: A Case Study of Institutionalized Naval Presence, 1946-1958." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1975.
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Anglo-American; Cold War; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; strategy; United States Navy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, strategy, strategic
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Anderson, Richard M. "The Navy Ration: A Page from the Old Navy." USNIP, 92 (April 1966): 186-88. Standardized in 1842.
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age of sail; Anglo-American; condition; health; scurvy; victualling;
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age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition
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Anderson, William R. & Blair, Clay, Jr. Nautilus 90 North. Cleveland: World, 1959, 251 pp. First nuclear submarine; to North Pole.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Arctic; Cold War; exploration; nuclear ; propulsion ; submarine; United States Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , cold war, nuclear , propulsion , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
| 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 |