02512nam 22004093u 450 991078682200332120230803202254.00-85773-507-1(CKB)3710000000105469(EBL)1680234(OCoLC)878978697(MiAaPQ)EBC1680234(MiAaPQ)EBC6027582(EXLCZ)99371000000010546920140818d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Royal Navy, The[electronic resource] A History Since 1900London I.B.Tauris20141 online resource (506 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78076-782-X 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 1945-649. 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; PlatesSince 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 becomGreat BritainHistory, Naval20th century359.009410904Redford Duncan1509441Grove Philip D1123534National Museum of the Royal Navy (Great Britain)AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786822003321Royal Navy, The3741343UNINA