The Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century, Speller, Ian

Автор: Angus Konstam
Название: Naval Battle of Crete 1941
ISBN: 1472854047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472854049
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: A fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy. In April 1941, following the Axis invasion of Greece, the British Mediterranean Fleet was ordered to evacuate Allied survivors, many of which were taken to Crete. The Luftwaffe established itself in airfields on the Greek mainland, and formed plans to invade Crete by air and sea, under the cover of 500 fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe's Fliegerkorps VIII.

Facing them were a small and scattered garrison on the island, a handful of under-strength RAF squadrons and the hard-pressed warships of the Mediterranean Fleet. What happened next was a costly, but ultimately inspiring, naval battle, in which Royal Navy crews were placed under intense strain. Using period photographs, stunning battlescene artworks, detailed maps and an authoritative narrative, world-leading maritime historian Angus Konstam tells the fascinating story of how Allied ships failed to repulse the Axis invasion convoys bound for Crete, before successfully evacuating troops from the island, all the while under relentless Luftwaffe attack.

Offering a fresh insight into this strategically important battle, this work shows how it marked a turning point in the naval war for the Mediterranean, and also witnessed the first use of new elements in naval warfare: the mass use of aircraft to contest control of the sea, and the use of Ultra intelligence to forestall the Axis invasion of Crete. Despite a heavy butcher's bill of dozens of Royal Navy ships lost and damaged, and hundreds Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed, the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet would live to fight another day.

Автор: David Zimmerman
Название: Maritime Command Pacific: The Royal Canadian Navy`s West Coast Fleet in the Early Cold War
ISBN: 0774830344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774830348
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The Royal Canadian Navy crews that sailed the Atlantic during the early Cold War held a contemptuous view of their West Coast brethren, likening the Pacific fleet to a “yacht club” where sailors enjoyed a life of leisurely service on a tranquil sea. As David Zimmerman reveals, nothing could be further from the truth. From the fleet’s postwar downsizing, through to its rapid expansion in the wake of the Korean War as Cold War fears gripped the nation, Maritime Command Pacific fought to hold steady amid drifting Japanese mines, Soviet submarines, and joint US-Canadian training exercises.

Автор: John D. Grainger
Название: The British Navy in the Mediterranean
ISBN: 1783272317 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783272310
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Цена: 100320.00 T
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Описание: A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.

Автор: John B Hattendorf; Robert S Jordand
Название: Maritime Strategy And The Balance Of Power
ISBN: 0333437896 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333437896
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 97820.00 T
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Описание: A collection of essays on British and American maritime relationships in the 20th century together with details on the British organization of warfare, Anglo-American maritime theory, their rivalries and coalitions and their plans for dealing with a future war in the nuclear age.

Автор: Mahan, Captain A T
Название: Lords of the sea
ISBN: 1846776694 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846776694
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 26940.00 T
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Описание: This practical guide explains how to analyse a script of libretto, show how to develop a character building on material in the score, and gives the singing performer the tools to act believably. More than just a how to acting book, however, Acting for Singers addresses the problems of concenration, trust, and projection, among others, and includes concrete examples from opera and musical theatre.

Автор: Mike Farquharson-Roberts
Название: A History of the Royal Navy: World War I
ISBN: 1784536725 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784536725
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 21110.00 T
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Описание: World War I is one of the iconic conflicts of the modern era. For many years the war at sea has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of that war, the British Government had expected and intended its military contribution to be largely naval. This was a war of ideologies fought by and for empires.

Britain was not defending simply an island; it was defending a far flung empire. Without the navy such an undertaking would have been impossible. In many respects the Royal Navy fought along the longest 'front' of any fighting force of the Great War, and it acted as the leader of a large alliance of navies.

The Royal Navy fought in the North and South Atlantic, in the North and South Pacific, its ships traversed the globe from Australia to England, and its presence extended the war to every continent except Antarctica. Because of the Royal Navy, Britain could finance and resource not only its own war effort, but that of its allies. Following the naval arms race in the early 20th century, both Britain and Germany were equipped with the latest naval technology, including revolutionary new vessels such as dreadnoughts and diesel-powered submarines.

Although the Royal Navy's operations in World War I were global, a significant proportion of the fleet's strength was concentrated in the Grand Fleet, which confronted the German High Seas Fleet across the North Sea. At the Battle of Jutland in 1916 the Royal Navy, under the command of Admiral Jellicoe, fought an iconic, if inconclusive battle for control of shipping routes. The navy might not have been able to win the war, but, as Winston Churchill put it, she 'could lose it in an afternoon'.

The Royal Navy was British power and prestige. 43,244 British navy personnel would lose their lives fighting on the seas in World War I. This book tells their story and places the Royal Navy back at the heart of the British war effort, showing that without the naval dimension the First World War would not have been a truly global conflict

Автор: Bruns, Sebastian
Название: US Naval Strategy and National Security
ISBN: 0367877546 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367877545
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book examines the evolution of US naval strategy and the role of American seapower over three decades, from the late 20th century to the early 21st century.

Название: The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys
ISBN: 0415864593 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415864596
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book describes the dangerous convoy operations in the Mediterranean necessary to relieve the garrison and people of Malta, covering the period from the beginning of 1941 until the end of 1942.

Автор: Rowe Laura
Название: Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First Wor
ISBN: 1108419054 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108419055
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This is the first detailed study of the social history of the Royal Navy during and immediately after the First World War. Laura Rowe uses the experiences of men who fought at sea to shed new light on the relationship between discipline, leadership, and the strength of the fleet.

Автор: Thad Allen
Название: The Fighting Coast Guard: America`s Maritime Guardians at War in the Twentieth Century, with Foreword by Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (ret.)
ISBN: 0700633944 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700633944
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 50150.00 T
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Описание: This collection of essays, written by the some of the foremost historians in the field of Coast Guard history, highlights the wartime roles played by the United States’ oldest federal maritime service, from its inception through the last decade of the twentieth century. The Fighting Coast Guard features three distinct sections: “Beginnings,” which includes a short overview of the US Revenue Cutter Service (the USCG’s primary forerunner, established in 1790) and two chapters on World War I; “Conflagration,” the role of the USCG during the World War II era; and “The Cold War and Beyond,” an assessment of the Coast Guard’s participation in the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The Fighting Coast Guard is a significant contribution to the limited historiography of the Coast Guard and a critical analysis of various wartime roles undertaken by the Coast Guard during America’s twentieth-century conflicts.Because the Coast Guard operated as part of the Department of the Navy during the two world wars, its service and history is often overlooked or enveloped by the larger service, while the USCG’s limited participation in cold and hot wars since 1945 is often ignored altogether. This anthology provides readers with a solid overview while highlighting some of the service’s most important contributions as a combatant force.This definitive study of the role of the US Coast Guard in wartime, from its modern inception in 1915 through the end of the twentieth century, is long overdue and will shed new light on America’s smallest military service.

Автор: Spence Daniel Owen
Название: History of the Royal Navy
ISBN: 1780765436 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780765433
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 26400.00 T
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Описание: The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. Britain s imperial power was inextricably tied to the strength of the Royal Navy the ability to protect and extend Britain s political and economic interests overseas, and to provide the vital bonds that connected the metropole with the colonies. This book will examine the intrinsic relationship between the Royal Navy and the empire, by examining not only the navy s expansionist role on land and sea, but also the ideological and cultural influence it exerted for both the coloniser and colonised. The navy s voyages of discovery created new scientific knowledge and inspired art, literature and film. Using the model of the Royal Navy, colonies began to develop their own navies, many of which supported the Royal Navy in the major conflicts of the twentieth century. Daniel Owen Spence here provides a history of the navy s role in empire from the earliest days of colonisation to the present-day Commonwealth. In doing so, he shows how the relationship between the navy and the empire played a part in shaping the globalised society we inhabit today."

Автор: Farquharson Roberts Mike
Название: History of the Royal Navy
ISBN: 1780768389 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780768380
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 47520.00 T
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Описание: This book tells the story and places the Royal Navy back at the heart of the British war effort, showing that without the naval dimension the First World War would not have been a truly global conflict.