Churchill and sea power /
This book is the first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact as the most prominent guardian of Britain's sea power in the modern era. The book debunks many popular and well-entrenched myths surrounding controversial episodes in both World Wars, incl...
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sea power in the age of Churchill
- Apprenticeship, 1900-14
- Learning curve: The First World War
- Adjusting to the post-war world, 1919-24
- The treasury years: the ten-year-rule, Japanese 'Bogey,' and 'Yankee Menace'
- Disarmament, rearmament, and the path to war: the 1930s
- First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-40: The Phoney War and the Norwegian Campaign
- The war against Germany and Italy, 1940-1
- 'Courting disaster' : the deterrence of Japan and the dispatch of Force Z
- The Battle of the Atlantic, the imports crisis, and the closing of the 'Air Gap'
- The defeat of the Axis Powers
- Churchill's last naval battle
- Epilogue: The verdict of history.