The Development of British Naval Thinking: Essays in Memory of Bryan Ranft

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ISBN: 9780714653204 | 0714653209
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/13/2006

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In this book, Britain's leading naval historians and analysts have come together to produce an investigation of the development of British naval thinking over the past three centuries, from the sailing ship era to the present day.

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List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xvi
Introduction: British naval thinking: a contradiction in terms?	p. 1
The idea of naval strategy in Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries	p. 19
The development of education in the Royal Navy: 1854-1914	p. 34
Corbett and the emergence of a British school?	p. 60
1914-18: the proof of the pudding	p. 89
Richmond and the faith reaffirmed: British naval thinking between the wars	p. 103
All sorts of wars: British naval thinking and technology in the Second World War	p. 134
British naval thinking in the nuclear age	p. 160
The discovery of doctrine: British naval thinking at the close of the twentieth century	p. 182
Epilogue: Professor Bryan McLaren Ranft	p. 192
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 208
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