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The Royal Navy : a history since 1900 /

Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast operational changes. This book tells the story, not just of victory and defeat, but also of how the Navy has adjusted to a century of rapid technological and social change. The extensive reforms made by Admiral Fisher at the dawn of the twentieth century saw...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Redford, Duncan (Autor), Grove, Philip D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2014.
Colección:History of the Royal Navy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Copyright ; Contents ; List of Tables and Figures ; List of Colour Plates ; Series Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. The Last Years of Pax Britannica ; 2. Waiting for the Next Trafalgar: World War I at Sea from the Outbreak of War to the Eve of Jutland ; 3. A Second Trafalgar? Jutland and its Aftermath: The War at Sea 1916-18 ; 4. Disarmament and Rearmament: The Interwar Period.
  • 5. World War II: Home Waters and the Arctic 1939-45 6. World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic ; 7. The Mediterranean and the Far East 1940-45 ; 8. The Cold War 1945-64 ; 9. The Cold War 1964-89 ; 10. The End of the Cold War to the War on Terror 1989-2001 ; Epilogue: The Royal Navy 2001 to Today ; Notes ; Bibliography.