1st Edition
The Royal Navy 1930-1990 Innovation and Defense
Edited By Richard Harding
Copyright 2005
316 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s to World War Two, the Cold War and the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990.
Successful adaptation to new conditions has been critical to all navies at all times. To naval historians the significance and process of change is not new, but in recent years innovation has been increasingly... Read more
List of illustrations, List of contributors, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, 1. Managing the aerial threat, 2. Amphibious warfare, 1930-1939, 3. Naval aviation, 1930-2000, 4. Welding and the British shipbuilding industry, 5. Anti submarine warfare, 1939-1945, 6. The Royal Navy and the challenge of the fast submarine, 1945-1954, 7. CVA-01, 8. The Royal Navy and the guided missile, 9. Amphibious operations 1945-1998, 10. Electronics and the Royal Navy, Select bibliography, Index
Biography
Richard Harding
'This book is an important contribution and provides a wonderful overview of some of the problems and issues faced by the Royal Navy since the 1930s. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in naval history.' - The Northern Mariner
