The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Hill |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9780198605270 |
Britain is an island nation and throughout history its navy has been of great importance for its defence. As a consequence it has always had a special significance and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship ofits principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake but also finding expression through art, music, and literature.Like any great national institution, the navy is a complex web of interconnected histories - operational, strategic, political, economic, administrative, technological, and social. Now updated for its paperback edition, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, in a series of fourteenchapters, provides a thorough and engaging treatment of these histories, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium.The book explores:Major action and campaigns - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland, the Atlantic Campaign of 1939-45, the Falklands conflict, the Gulf War, and attacks on terrorist bases in Afghanistan in 2001.Developments in naval history and technology - navigational advances, surveying, constructional developments, disaster relief, the suppression of the slave trade, and the Strategic Defence Review of 1998.Key personalities - Drake and Nelson, Samuel Pepys, Francis Beaufort, Jackie Fisher, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Jellicoe.Naval life - recruitment (press gangs, training, education, discipline), tactics, gunnery and armaments, amphibious operations, wages and conditions, victualling and supply.How and when did Britain's perception of the sea change from a thing of fear to a 'moat defence' (in the words of Shakespeare)?How did the navy's administrative systems develop during the Tudor period?During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, its greatest period of expansion, how did the navy develop strategically and operationally?How successfully did the navy defend the British Empire during the nineteenth century?What role did the navy play in Victorian Britain's thirst for exploring of the world?What technical developments have been important to the navy?What effect did two world wars have on the role of the Royal Navy?What does the modern navy look like now and what about the future?With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, an extensive list of further reading, 16 pages of colour plates, 23 maps, 6 special Action Station diagram 'box' features, and around 200 black-and-white integrated illustrations, this is an authoritative and highlyreadable account of a unique fighting service and its people.
Oxford Illustrated History British Army/Royal Navy 2-Vol Set
Title | Oxford Illustrated History British Army/Royal Navy 2-Vol Set PDF eBook |
Author | Hill Chandler |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1997-06-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780195212464 |
The Royal Navy
Title | The Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony John Watts |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9781854093240 |
The Royal Navy's long and glorious tradition is covered in this fascinating, illustrated history.
An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | John Winton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9781840652185 |
An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
Title | An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy PDF eBook |
Author | John Winton |
Publisher | Anova Books |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781844860074 |
This text is a comprehensive, authoritative, and illustrated history of the Royal Navy from its earliest times to the present day. This edition is updated to include recent operations in the first and second Gulf wars.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Title | The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War PDF eBook |
Author | Hew Strachan |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780192893253 |
A comprehensive, illustrated history of World War I, its causes, impact on global politics and economy, military and political strategies, and the legacy it left behind.
The Oxford History of the British Army
Title | The Oxford History of the British Army PDF eBook |
Author | David G. Chandler |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0192853333 |
From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf Campaign, from the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, this stimulating and informative book recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are all covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight, making this the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike. Book jacket.