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Author : A. H. Cherry
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Yankee RN written by A. H. Cherry and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alex h Cherry
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Download or read book Yankee r.n., by commander a. h. cherry written by Alex h Cherry and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alex H Commander Cherry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Yankee R.N., Being the Story of a Wall Street Banker who Volunteered for Active Duty in the Royal Navy Before America Came Into the War written by Alex H Commander Cherry and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Loyd Lee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313033145
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources written by Loyd Lee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust. This handbook approaches each topic from a global viewpoint rather than focusing on individual national communities. Except for nonprint material, the literature, research, and sources surveyed are primarily those available in English. The volume is aimed at both experts on the war and the general academic community and will also be useful to students and serious laymen interested in the war.
Author : David K. Brown
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783469013
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Atlantic Escorts written by David K. Brown and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Altogether, a very detailed year-by-year account of escort development for anti-submarine work from the period between the wars to post World War II.” —The Nautical Magazine Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to North America had been cut, Britain would never have survived; there could have been no build-up of US and Commonwealth forces, no D-Day landings, and no victory in western Europe. Furthermore, the battle raged from the first day of the war until the final German surrender, making it the longest and arguably hardest-fought campaign of the whole war. The ships, technology and tactics employed by the Allies form the subject of this book. Beginning with the lessons apparently learned from the First World War, the author outlines inter-war developments in technology and training, and describes the later preparations for the second global conflict. When the war came the balance of advantage was to see-saw between U-boats and escorts, with new weapons and sensors introduced at a rapid rate. For the defending navies, the prime requirement was numbers, and the most pressing problem was to improve capability without sacrificing simplicity and speed of construction. The author analyses the resulting designs of sloops, frigates, corvettes and destroyer escorts and attempts to determine their relative effectiveness. “Atlantic Escorts has flowed from the pen of a master who has written so many fine books about the history of ship construction. It is a small masterpiece.” —Warship International Fleet Review
Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399047256
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Two Navies Divided written by Brian Lavery and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that ‘England and America are two countries divided by a common language.’ It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And the Second World War is a pertinent moment for comparison. They fought on the same side against a common enemy for nearly four years, but Britain fought the war for the survival of itself and its empire, though in the long term it failed with the latter, while the American government fought to maintain its influence through the balance of power; its people fought for revenge for Pearl Harbor, and out of a sense of justice. In this new book, Brian Lavery describes and analyzes the differences and similarities between the two navies and in doing so sheds fascinating light on how the naval war was fought. For example, both navies had spectacular failures after entering the war – the Royal Navy off Norway, the USN at Pearl Harbor and Savo Island. Paradoxically, both commenced the war with quite amateur performances by professional navies and ended with highly skilled performances by largely amateur manned forces. The training systems for regular officers had flaws in both countries. In Britain, entry was largely dependent on family income, in America, on political influence. But American officers probably had a broader perspective by the time they entered active service. The book covers ships and weapons systems – for instance, the British used too many gun types in the 4 to 6in range, while the Americans concentrated on the well-designed 5in. And the author describes conditions onboard ships. British vessels were awash with alcohol, which had its attractions for Americans when alongside; the Americans offered ice cream in return. These examples represent only a tiny proportion of the subjects covered in this stimulating analysis. Aviation, the marines of both navies, anti-submarine and mine warfare, uniforms, propulsion systems, shipbuilding and building programs, commanders and national leaders, ratings and officers, ship design, geographical environments, naval bases, hammocks and bunks, the deployment of women – these are among the myriad big and small themes that will open the eyes of naval historians and enthusiasts, and show anyone with an interest in the Second World War how these two great allies came together to defeat the Axis forces.
Author : Estate of Eric J Dietrich-Berryman
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513859
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Passport Not Required written by Estate of Eric J Dietrich-Berryman and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before America entered World War II, twenty-two U.S. citizens went to England and volunteered with the Royal Navy. Commissioned between September 1939 and November 1941, they fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and on a variety of fronts. While the history of Americans serving in the Royal Air Force is well known, the story of these naval volunteers has not been previously told. Most trained at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, but since foreign military service was against U.S. law, their names were never made public. Now, after years of research, their identities and the details of their contributions can be made known.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Pearson's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 49, no. 9 (Sept. 1922) accompanied by a separately paged section entitled ERA: electronic reactions of Abrams.
Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857905422
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Shield of Empire written by Brian Lavery and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Navy has always been seen as an English institution, despite a large Scottish contribution, from Admiral Duncan at Camperdown in 1797 to Andrew Cunningham in the Second World War. The Royal Navy's most dramatic effect on Scotland, aside from its role in the British Empire and European wars, was in suppressing the Jacobite campaigns from 1708 to 1746. This book breaks new ground in telling the stories of almost forgotten campaigns, such as the submarine war in the Firth of Forth in 1914-18. In two world wars, and since the 1960s, a large proportion of the Navy's power has been based in Scotland, from the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow to Trident submarines at Faslane. Most British sailors of the Second World War had part of their training in Scotland, and the famous base at Tobermory was only one of many. Yet, the Navy never felt at home in Scotland. As one Scottish admiral put it, 'In both wars the Royal Navy flooded into Scotland to make use of our deep water ports and sea lochs for large-scale and safer anchorages. After each war the Navy unimaginatively retreated en masse to the Channel.' The book ends with a unique account of the setting up of the controversial missile bases in the Holy Loch and Gareloch. Brian Lavery then looks at the future in order to determine the effect devolution and possible independence might have on Scotland and the Royal Navy.
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Office of Water Data Coordination
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Index to Catalog of Information on Water Data written by Geological Survey (U.S.). Office of Water Data Coordination and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ron Martini
Publisher : Ron Martini
ISBN 13 : 1932606149
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (326 download)
Download or read book The Submariner's Dictionary Or Submariner's Compendium of Terms & Tar's Handbook of Naval Verbiage and Retired Guy's Re-familiarization Manual written by Ron Martini and published by Ron Martini. This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Submariners are a tight knit group of men bound together by training and experience, and with a language all their own. That language is perhaps a little vulgar, but never intentionally demeaning, and a little irreverent but still worldly. This work is an attempt to preserve and explain some of these curious guys who so proudly wear a shiny metal pin that looks like a strange pair of fish on their left breast. This process of accumulating this new language begins in Boot Camp, and is added to with every change of duty station the sailor undergoes. It is heard aboard the boats and, unknowingly, by family members who can't understand terms like head, deck, and overhead, and who think SOS is a distress signal.
Author : Harry Dickinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134769040
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Wisdom and War written by Harry Dickinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with 'the highest possible scientific instruction in all branches of study bearing upon their profession'. For more than 125 years it taught officers ranging in rank from Sub Lieutenants to Vice Admiral, providing the technical instruction that equipped a corps of naval architects to build some of the most advanced warships in the world and in later years, trained the Royal Navy's nuclear engineers. Despite the College's undoubted contribution, towards both the education of Royal Navy personnel, and technical research more broadly, this is the first book to address the history of the institution from its Victorian roots to its closure in the aftermath of the Cold War. Taking a chronological approach, the book traces the history of the College from its establishment in 1873, a period during which technical training for a steam-powered navy was increasingly vital. It then shows how, during the First World War, academic staff at the College made a vital contribution to the development of naval weapons systems, and its medical school initiated a vaccine production programme that later produced major improvements in the public health of the nation. During the Second World War, damaged by enemy action that set London's docklands ablaze, the College provided the first taste of naval life for more than 27,000 men and women called from civilian life to serve on shore and at sea. Later chapters conclude with an exploration of the College's post-war role, focusing particularly on the establishment in 1959 of the Department of Nuclear Science and Technology (DNST) which ran a nuclear reactor on site until the College was closed in 1998. Both as a history of the Royal Naval College itself, and as an exploration of the Navy's attitude toward research and education, this book provides a fascinating insight into what is arguably one of Britain's most significant educational establishments.
Author : Chris Dickon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476615373
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Americans at War in Foreign Forces written by Chris Dickon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of Americans in the two world wars is well known, but with a glaring exception--one that reveals a little-known aspect of the common history of the United States and Canada. By the time of the American entrance into World War I in April 1917 and World War II in December 1941, tens of thousands of Americans had already fought and died in those conflicts in the uniforms of other nations. Most had quietly traveled over the northern border to join the ground, air and naval forces of the Commonwealth nations, others to France, Poland, China and the other nations and armed forces that played a role in the continuing world conflict of the first half of the century. In preceding their own nation to war, they influenced the course of events in those years and, though threatened with loss of citizenship, were ultimately met with the acceptance of their own government. This book tells the story of who these Americans were, why they took the actions they did, their experiences in war, and the effects of their presence as Americans in foreign forces.
Author : Owen Cochran Coy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gold Days written by Owen Cochran Coy and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312290948
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The New York Yankees Illustrated History written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 150 stunning photos--some in color--the top sports writers from "The New York Times" commemorate the Yankee's 100th anniversary.
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Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Catalog of Information on Water Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ellen Davidson Baer
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826113733
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Enduring Issues in American Nursing written by Ellen Davidson Baer and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2001 by Choice! Why turn to the past when attempting to build nursing's future?...To make good decisions in planning nursing's future in the context of our complex health care system, nurses must know the history of the actions being considered, the identities and points of view of the major players, and all the stakes that are at risk. These are the lessons of history." -- from the Introduction This book presents nursing history in the context of problems and issues that persist to this day. Issues such as professional autonomy, working conditions, relationships with other health professionals, appropriate knowledge for education and licensure, gender, class, and race are traced through the stories told in this volume. Each chapter provides a piece of the puzzle that is nursing. The editors, all noted nurse historians and educators, have carefully made selections from the best that has been published in the nursing and health care literature.
