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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Speller |
| ISBN: | 0415350042 9780415350044 |
| OCLC Number: | 55078879 |
| Description: | xv, 223 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Julian Oswald -- Introduction / Ian Speller -- 1. The transition to war : the goeben debacle, August 1914 / Andrew Gordon -- 2. Sea control in narrow waters : the battles of Taranto and Matapan / Jon Robb-Webb -- 3. Sea denial, interdiction and diplomacy : the Royal Navy and the role of Malta, 1939-1943 / Greg Kennedy -- 4. Air power and evacuations : Crete 1941 / Stephen Prince -- 5. Amphibious operations : the Italian campaign, 1943-1945 / Christopher Tuck -- 6. Maritime power and complex crises : the Royal Navy and the undeclared war with Vichy France, 1940-1942 / Stuart Griffin -- 7. Quarantine operations : the Royal Navy and the Palestine patrol / Geoffrey Till |
| Series Title: | Cass series--naval policy and history, 31. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ian Speller. |
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Abstract:
This book provides an authoritative yet accessible analysis of the utility of maritime power and the role of navies by examining a series of case studies concentrating on the experience of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf.
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