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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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Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1990, xii, 161 pp. Dedication: Theodore Ropp; "prequel"; from ancient to neoclassical for naval & land warfare; England's rise to naval supremacy; overseas expansion.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; general history; imperialism; Middle Ages (400-1399); strategy;
Keywords:
15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), middle ages (400-1399), general history, general survey, survey, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , strategy, strategic
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Airy, George Biddell. Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, . . . . Plautius, . . . . and by Claudius Caesar. . . . London, 1865. Collection of letters & papers; included paper on places of departure & landing of Caesar.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality;
Keywords:
ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, invasion, armada, landing , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Airy, George Biddell. "On the Place of Julius Caesar's Departure from Gaul for the Invasion of Britain, and the Place of His Landing in Britian: With an Appendix on the Battle of Hastings." Archaeologia, 34 (1852). By prolific observer.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; Imperial Defence; invasion; personality; port;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, invasion, armada, landing , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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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
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Aldgate, Anthony & Richards, Jeffrey. Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War. Edinburgh: Edinburgh HP; Oxford: Blackwell, 1986, 1994, 312 pp. Prominent example: "In Which We Serve," story of Mountbatten & HMS Kelly; directed by Noel Coward, 1942; stimulated British morale.
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Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; First Sea Lord; Mountbatten, Louis; naval lore; World War II;
Keywords:
Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , First Sea Lord, professional head of Admiralty , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , world war 2, second world war
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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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age of sail; age of steam; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; exploration; general history; leadership; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; voyage;
Keywords:
age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)
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Alston, Mike. Destroyer and Preserver: The Story of HMS Middleton and Her Ship's Company, 1941-1946. Maidenhead: Maphigrada, 1993, 244 pp.
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condition; destroyer; memoir; Royal Navy; ship; World War II;
Keywords:
condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war, ship, boat, vessel
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Armstrong, George Elliot. Torpedoes and Torpedo Vessels. Royal Navy Handbooks Series, # 3. London: G. Bell, 1896, 1901, xvi, 287 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); anti-submarine warfare; destroyer; naval guide; Royal Navy; ship; technology; torpedo; weapons;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade
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Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer. "The Value of Torpedo Boats in Wartime." See B. Ranft, Ironclad to Trident, pp. 24-27.
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age of steam; critique of Royal Navy; destroyer; Royal Navy; torpedo; World War I;
Keywords:
age of steam, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Royal Navy, Britain, England, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, world war 1, first world war
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Bailey, Chris Howard, comp. The Battle of the Atlantic: The Corvettes and Their Crews: An Oral History. Stroud: Sutton; Annapolis: NIP, 1994, xxvii, 156 pp. For RNM; folio.
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anti-submarine warfare; Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; Royal Navy; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war
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Bailey, Jim. Sailing to Paradise: The Discovery of the Americas by 7000 BC. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994, 1995, 464 pp. Claim: in Bronze Age, search for copper & tin, the driving force of ancient world; to America, Africa; others contend: rubbish & nonsense.
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ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure
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Bailey, Richard W. "Sutton Hoo and Seventh-Century Art." See R. Farrell, Sutton Hoo: 50 Years After, pp. 31-42. Noted links to Ireland, religious & secular.
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ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), art, painting, painter, artistic, design , culture, music, literature, language, art , Sutton Hoo, ship burial, archaeological site
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Bailey, Thomas Andrew & Ryan, Paul B. Hitler vs. Roosevelt: The Undeclared Naval War. New York: Free Press, 1979, xi, 303 pp. Undeclared naval war, 1939-1941; e.g., issues: bases-destroyers deal, lend-lease, Germany-first strategy.
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Admiralty; Anglo-American; Anglo-German; Battle of the Atlantic; destroyer; strategy; United States Navy; World War II;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy, destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , world war 2, second world war
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Baker, Arthur David, III & Friedman, Norman. British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2009. Late 19th century threat of torpedo attack led to development.
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19th C. (1800-1899); destroyer; Royal Navy; World War I; World War II;
Keywords:
destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war, 19th century, nineteenth
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Baker, Matthew. The Fragments of Ancient English Shipwrightery. C. 1580. Contemporary guide.
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Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); architecture; nautical archaeology; shipbuilding;
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ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Bannerman, John. Studies in the History of Dalriada. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic, 1974, x, 178 pp. Series of papers on the history of Dal Riata; many gaps in sources on history of this kingdom, about 6th century, northwest Scotland; "navy of Celtic peoples"; sea unified scattered territories.
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Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); Anglo-Irish; Anglo-Scot; culture; galley; Middle Ages (400-1399); naval lore;
Keywords:
Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme , middle ages (400-1399), culture, music, literature, language, art , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Barnes, Eleanor C. Alfred Yarrow: His Life and Work. London: Arnold, 1923, 1924. By Lady Yarrow; marine engineer & shipbuilder, e.g., destroyers & gunboats.
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Admiralty; age of steam; architecture; auxiliary; company; destroyer; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, auxiliary, company, charter, shipping, commercial , destroyer, torpedo boat destroyer, anti-submarine warfare vessel , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Belfiglio, Valentine J. "The Roman Amphibious Operations against Britain in 55 BC." Military & Naval History Journal of Forum Proceedings, 7 (March 1998): 3-13.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); association; English Channel; invasion;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), invasion, armada, landing , English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Belfiglio, Valentine J. "The Roman Amphibious Raid against Britain in 54 BC." Military & Naval History Journal of Forum Proceedings, 8 (April 1999): 15-21.
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amphibious; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); English Channel; invasion;
Keywords:
amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , invasion, armada, landing
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 |