Royal Navy, The [[electronic resource] ] : A History Since 1900

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786822003321
• Autore: Redford Duncan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : I.B.Tauris, 2014
• ISBN: 0-85773-507-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (506 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrovePhilip D
• Disciplina: 359.009410904
• Soggetti: Great Britain History, Naval 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Colour Plates; Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Last Years of Pax Britannica; 2. Waiting for the Next Trafalgar: World War I at Sea from the Outbreak of War to the Eve of Jutland; 3. A Second Trafalgar? Jutland and its Aftermath: The War at Sea 1916-18; 4. Disarmament and Rearmament: The Interwar Period; 5. World War II: Home Waters and the Arctic 1939-45; 6. World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic; 7. The Mediterranean and the Far East 1940-45; 8. The Cold War 1945-64; 9. The Cold War 1964-8910. The End of the Cold War to the War on Terror 1989-2001; Epilogue: The Royal Navy 2001 to Today; Notes; Bibliography; Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast operational changes. This book tells the story, not just of victory and defeat, but also of how the Navy has adjusted to a century of rapid technological and social change. The extensive reforms made by Admiral Fisher at the dawn of the twentieth century saw the navy's nineteenth-century wooden fleet replaced with the latest modern technology - battleships (including the iconic dreadnoughts), aircraft carriers and submarines. In World War I and World War II, the navy played a central role, with unrestricted submarine warfare and supply blockades becom