Hankey: Man of Secrets Volume 2 1919-1931
by S. W. Roskill
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This book was published in 1972, along with volume three covering WWII and the post-war period. Though Maurice Hankey was a rather colourless individual, many, many famous names come and go in these pages.
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Captain Stephen Roskill was born in 1903 and educated at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth. He commanded HMS Warspite at the beginning of the Second World War before being attached to the Naval Staff. After further sea service, he became Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence. He wrote the Official History of the Royal Navy in World show more War Two in four volumes, and knew Churchill and most of the Royal Navy officers about which he writes. show less
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- Hankey: Man of Secrets Volume 2 1919-1931
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- Maurice Hankey
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- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government
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- 942.082 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England 1837- Edward VII 1901-10
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- DA566.9 .H286 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- 20th century
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