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Author Hough, Richard, 1922-1999.

Title The Great War at sea, 1914-1918 / Richard Hough
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983

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 ADPML SPC  940.45941 Hou/Bfi  LIB USE ONLY
Description xii, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents "Am enormous ship" -- The Anglo-German battleship race -- Churchill at the Admiralty -- The acceleration towards war -- War and early mixed fortunes -- Mediterranean misfortunes -- Tragedy in the Pacific -- Trouble in the Admiralty, triumph in the South Atlantic -- First clash of the dreadnoughts -- The Dardanelles fiasco and its consequences -- The undersea war -- The search for decisive action -- Jutland : battle-cruiser action -- Jutland : battle fleets in action -- Jutland : a retrospection -- The defeat of the U-boat, surrender, and scuttle
Summary World War I ; Naval operations by Great Britain. Royal Navy
Analysis World War 1 Naval operations by Great Britain Royal Navy
World War 1 Naval operations by Great Britain. Royal Navy
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [334]-338
Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations.
LC no. 84106046
ISBN 0192158716