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The Submarine Service, 19001918
by Lambert, Nicholas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 075460294X
- ISBN 13
- 9780754602941
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About This Item
EB: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society. Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, Aldershot, Hants, UK. 2001. 438 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The year 2001 marks the centenary of the Royal Navy's submarine service. In the aftermath of the 2016 celebrations of the Battle of Jutland centenary, it is worth considering how the First World War at sea changed. This volume opens with an examination of the background to the Board of Admiralty's decision in 1900 to buy submarines, bringing to light documents that go a long way toward dispelling the myth that Britain's pre-1914 naval leaders were opposed to the development of the submarine as a major weapon. Indeed, the documents show that senior naval officers and influential civilians in Whitehall believed that the advent of the submarine would revolutionize naval warfare in a way that would bolster the Royal Navy's position as the world's predominant naval power. This edited selection of documents illustrates not only the Admiralty's thinking on the employment of the submarine between 1900 and 1918, it also charts the technical development of British submarines, and explains issues such as why the pioneer submariners came to regard themselves as an élite group within the Royal Navy - and were allowed to become the 'silent service'. EB; Navy Records Society Publications; 8.7 X 5.9 X 1.5 inches; 438 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64354
- Title
- The Submarine Service, 1900–1918
- Author
- Lambert, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 075460294X
- ISBN 13
- 9780754602941
- Publisher
- Ashgate for the Navy Records Society
- Place of Publication
- EB
- Date Published
- 2001
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