LEADER 02512nam 22004093u 450 001 9910827050703321 005 20230803202254.0 010 $a0-85773-507-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000105469 035 $a(EBL)1680234 035 $a(OCoLC)878978697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1680234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6027582 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000105469 100 $a20140818d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aRoyal Navy, The$b[electronic resource] $eA History Since 1900 210 $aLondon $cI.B.Tauris$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (506 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78076-782-X 327 $aCover; 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 1945-64 327 $a9. 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 330 $aSince 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 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y20th century 676 $a359.009410904 700 $aRedford$b Duncan$01629717 701 $aGrove$b Philip D$01123534 712 02$aNational Museum of the Royal Navy (Great Britain) 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827050703321 996 $aRoyal Navy, The$93967620 997 $aUNINA