| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Admiralty War Staff, 1912-1918: An Analysis of the Personnel; 2. The Establishment of the War Staff, and its Work before the Outbreak of War in August 1914; 3. The Churchill-Battenberg Regime, August-October 1914; 4. The Churchill-Fisher Regime, October 1914-May 1915; 5. The Balfour-Jackson Regime, May 1915-November 1916; 6. The Jellicoe Era, November 1916-December 1917; 7. The Geddes-Wemyss Regime, December 1917-November 1918; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A: SENIOR ADMIRALTY AND STAFF OFFICIALS |
| Summary |
Nicholas Black examines the role of the Naval Staff of the Admiralty in the 1914-18 war, reassessing both the calibre of the Staff and the function and structure of the Staff. He challenges historians such as Arthur Marder and naval figures such as Captai |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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Great Britain. Royal Navy fast |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British
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Sailors -- Great Britain
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
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Sailors
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Marine
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Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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GroÃ#x9F;britannien.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846156960 |
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1846156963 |
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