Churchill and sea power /

Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval strategist and custodian of the nation's sea power has been mired in controversy since the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign in 1915. Today, Churchill is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Christopher M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Military leadership.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965
Churchill, Winston > 1874-1965
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
1900-1999
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Prime ministers
Politics and government
Command of troops
Naval strategy
Sea-power
Marine
Marine.
Seemacht.
Marinepolitik.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 20th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Großbritannien.
Biographies
History
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: sea power in the age of Churchill
  • Apprenticeship, 1900-14
  • Learning curve: The First World War
  • Adjusting to the post-war world, 1919-24
  • The treasury years: the ten-year-rule, Japanese 'Bogey, ' and 'Yankee Menace'
  • Disarmament, rearmament, and the path to war: the 1930s
  • First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-40: The Phoney War and the Norwegian Campaign
  • The war against Germany and Italy, 1940-1
  • 'Courting disaster' : the deterrence of Japan and the dispatch of Force Z
  • The Battle of the Atlantic, the imports crisis, and the closing of the 'Air Gap'
  • The defeat of the Axis Powers
  • Churchill's last naval battle
  • Epilogue: the verdict of history.

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