Churchill and seapower

by Bell, Christopher M.

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Full title :Churchill and seapower / Christopher M. Bell

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Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

Notes

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

The Physical Object

Description:429 s. : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199693573, 0199693579
oclc:ocn820005020
LC Classification:VA
Dewey Decimal:359.0309410904

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.

Subjects

Churchill, Winston Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire navale -- 2… Great Britain Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th… Great Britain., Royal Navy History Naval history Naval strategy Naval strategy -- History -- 20th centu… Puissance maritime -- Histoire -- 20e s… Sea-power Sea-power -- History -- 20th century. -… Stratégie navale -- Histoire -- 20e siè…