UID:
edocfu_9960962642802883
Format:
1 online resource (463 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-162522-1
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1-283-60963-0
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9786613922083
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0-19-162521-3
Content:
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 regarded by many as an inept strategist who interfered in naval operations and often overrode his professional advisers - with inevitably disastrous results.Churchill and Seapower is the first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact as the most prominent guardian o
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Sea Power in the Age of Churchill; 1. Apprenticeship, 1900-14; 2. Learning Curve: The First World War; 3. Adjusting to the Post-War World, 1919-24; 4. The Treasury Years: The Ten-Year Rule, Japanese 'Bogey', and 'Yankee Menace'; 5. Disarmament, Rearmament, and the Path to War: The 1930s; 6. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-40: The Phoney War and the Norwegian Campaign; 7. The War Against Germany and Italy, 1940-1; 8. 'Courting Disaster': The Deterrence of Japan and the Dispatch of Force Z
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9. The Battle of the Atlantic, the Imports Crisis, and the Closing of the 'Air Gap'10. The Defeat of the Axis Powers; 11. Churchill's Last Naval Battle; Epilogue: The Verdict of History; Notes; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-967850-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-969357-9
Language:
English
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