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Churchill and sea power

Title
Churchill and sea power / Christopher M. Bell.
Author
Bell, Christopher M.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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xvi, 429 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Churchill & sea power
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-416) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 13-586
ISBN
  • 9780199693573 (hc.)
  • 0199693579 (hc.)
LCCN
2012454644
OCLC
816558624
Author
Bell, Christopher M.
Title
Churchill and sea power / Christopher M. Bell.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-416) and index.
Spine Title
Churchill & sea power
Research Call Number
JFE 13-586
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