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Titolo: | Sir William Rooke Creswell and the foundation of the Australian navy / / by Sheila Dwyer |
Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.033094 |
Soggetto geografico: | Australia Armed Forces |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Sommario/riassunto: | The six Australian colonies united on 1st January 1901 to become the Commonwealth of Australia. One of the reasons given for this federation was that the Commonwealth could provide a common defence. William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in having a 70,000 strong army if only one enemy battleship could destroy port cities and disrupt maritime trade and sea communications. Creswell was not alone in his cam... |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sir William Rooke Creswell and the foundation of the Australian navy |
ISBN: | 1-4438-5882-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910464929603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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