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Loading... A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVY: Volume 1 - Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals (edition 2013)by Alastair Wilson
Work InformationA Biographical Dictionary of the Twentieth-Century Royal Navy: Volume 1 - Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals by Alastair Wilson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a really useful book for anyone interested in the modern Royal Navy since 1900. Not only does it contains an alphabetical index of Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals ('full' Admirals), but the introductions with its overview of the types of entry (schemes) of Naval Officers, the Branches and Specialisations and their ranks and promotion, are not often brought together as they are here and, therefore, the text of this book helps with a wider understanding of the system as a whole. ( ) Great Historical Resource OK anorak warning as this book for those of us who really are into the minute details of everything historical and biographical. When you first get hold of this book look at the grand title A Biographical Dictionary of the Twentieth Century Royal Navy Volume 1 Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals you first think that either Navy has skimped on a few Admirals or very few made the rank from the 1900s. With only 88 pages you think you have been short changed but on the inside cover at the back is the CD with all the information you could ever need. The book provides the history and context for the CD along with the meanings and abbreviations but far more importantly it gives the full biographical and service records of those who rose to the rank of Admiral. This really is a fantastic resource for any Naval Historians and naval warfare, and the CD is fantastic! no reviews | add a review
Despite its recent decline in size and influence, for much of the twentieth century the Royal Navy was a major player in world history. Its senior officers carried out - and sometimes made - British policy in peace and war, but with the exception of a few star figures, the details of their careers have never been published. This book is the first volume of a major study intended to provide a resume of the service lives of every flag officer, in the style of the great nineteenth century biographical dictionaries of Marshall and O'Byrne. Every entry is based on primary sources, including the Navy's confidential personnel files, cross-referenced with general historical data and, in the case of living officers, correspondence with the subjects themselves. The book comes with a CD, which contains the service histories and careers of 336 most senior admirals on the Navy List from 1900 onwards. The length of each entry varies with the importance of the officer covered, but each includes both an outline of their careers and significant dates, like promotions and awards. In all, the CD contains more than 600,000 words - a truly epic work. The majority are not even included in the Dictionary of National Biography, and as such, this work will be a boon to historians, and invaluable to genealogists. A monumental and unique naval historical resource. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)359.0092241Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Navy; Naval Science Biography; History By Place BiographyRatingAverage:
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