The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (606 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198605277 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very Comprehensive History of the Royal Navy. Magisterial.. Geat book for those interested in Maritime History and the Royal Navy Peter M. Gladwell An excellent addition to my maritime history library and worth all I paid to gain this excellent book with a broad view of the history of the Royal Navy in recent times. Steven Minor said Great. Great transaction. Will order again.
From Booklist This eponymous complement to The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army doesn't quite sing "Rule Britannia," but it does lavishly chronicle the many-centuried saga whereby that patriotic anthem's assertion became indisputable. A volume of balance between perspective and detail that delights and informs the nautically minded. Gilbert Taylor. Each of a dozen such phases or aspects in the Royal Navy's development receives the attention of a historian whose uncommon depth, combined with fluid
With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, and an extensive list of further reading, this highly illustrated reference book gives an authoritative and highly readable account of a unique fighting service and its people.. The text has now been updated for this paperback edition to cover more recent events and developments, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium, including terrorist attacks on New York and Washington and the subsequent retaliation on terrorist bases in Afghanistan. Throughou
Hill served for over 40 years in the Royal Navy in sea and Whitehall appointments, ending his career in 1983 as Rear-Admiral. He is editor of The Naval Review and was Chairman of the Society for Nautical Research from 1994 to 1999.. J. R. He has lectured and given conference papers, worldwide, on similar subjects. He has since been Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple, retiring in 1994, and since 1980 has written nine books o