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A Biographical Dictionary of the Twentieth-Century. Royal Navy Volume 1: Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals

Door Alastair Wilson

Categorie
Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer
#231241
Titel
A Biographical Dictionary of the Twentieth-Century. Royal Navy Volume 1: Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals
Auteur
Wilson, Alastair
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley, Seaforth Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1848320884
ISBN13
9781848320888
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
+ CD
Samenvatting
Despite its recent decline in size and influence, for much of the twentieth century the Royal Navy was a major player in world history. Its senior officers carried out - and sometimes made - British policy in peace and war, but with the exception of a few star figures the details of their careers have never been published. This book is the first volume of a major study intended to provide a resume of the service lives of every flag officer, in the style of the great nineteenth century biographical dictionaries of Marshall and O'Byrne. Every entry is based on primary sources, including the Navy's confidential personnel files, cross-referenced with general historical data and, in the case of living officers, correspondence with the subjects themselves. The book comes with a CD which contains... (Lees verder) the service histories and careers of 336 most senior admirals on the Navy List from 1900 onwards. The length of each entry varies with the importance of the officer covered, but each includes both an outline of their careers and significant dates, like promotions and awards. In all, the CD contains more than 600,000 words - a truly epic work. The majority are not even included in the Dictionary of National Biography, and as such, this work will be a boon to historians, and invaluable to genealogists. A monumental and unique naval historical resource.
Pagina's
88
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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