No More Heroes : The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century: Anatomy of a Legend.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781317387596
- 359/.00941
- VA454.O946 2016
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1 YOU KNOW WHAT SAILORS ARE -- 2 THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING -- 3 THE GIANTS -- 4 SECOND TO NONE -- 5 RENAISSANCE -- 6 THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS -- 7 NO MORE HEROES -- Notes -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. The British Ministry of Defence -- Appendix B. First Sea Lords since 1900 -- Appendix C. A Note on NATO -- Appendix D. The Dreadnought Revolution, 1906-16 -- Appendix E. The Royal Navy Today -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book, originally published in 1975 and authored by an ex-Naval officer, assesses the performance and management of the Royal Navy in the twentieth century. It examines the nature and tasks of the twentieth century Navy, by tracing the fortunes of it under successive First Sea Lords. It examines how the higher echelons of the service have altered and how and why naval policy has changed. Among other issues the book discusses the actions of Beresford and Fisher, Beaty and Jellifcoe, Chatfield, Pound and Mountbatten. It appraises Churchill, the Invergordon Mutiny and the strains fo the 1930s; discusses the Navy's role in two World Wars and post-war disarmament.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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