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UNINA9910455840403321 |
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Titolo |
The Royal Navy, 1930-2000 : innovation and defence / / editor, Richard Harding |
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London : , : Frank Cass, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-23036-2 |
1-135-75371-7 |
1-280-09944-5 |
9786610099443 |
0-203-33768-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cass series--naval policy and history |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Great Britain History, Naval 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-292) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Managing the aerial threat; Amphibious warfare, 1930-1939; Naval aviation, 1930-2000; Welding and the British shipbuilding industry; Anti-submarine warfare, 1939-1945; The Royal Navy and the challenge of the fast submarine, 1945-1954; CVA-01; The Royal Navy and the guided missile; Amphibious operations 1945-1998; Electronics and the Royal Navy; Select bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This new book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s to World War Two, the Cold War and the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990. Successful adaptation to new conditions has been critical to all navies at all times. To naval historians the significance and process of change is not new, but in recent years innovation has been increasingly studied within a number of other disciplines, providing new theoretical positions and insights. This study examines key case studies of change, some successful others less so, which place the experien |
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