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S. W. Roskill (1903–1982)

Teoksen Churchill and the Admirals tekijä

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Captain Stephen Roskill was born in 1903 and educated at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth. He commanded HMS Warspite at the beginning of the Second World War before being attached to the Naval Staff. After further sea service, he became Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence. He näytä lisää wrote the Official History of the Royal Navy in World War Two in four volumes, and knew Churchill and most of the Royal Navy officers about which he writes. näytä vähemmän

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Churchill and the Admirals (1977) 57 kappaletta
The Navy at War 1939-1945 (1960) 49 kappaletta
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty (1980) 27 kappaletta
The secret capture (1959) 24 kappaletta

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Virallinen nimi
Roskill, Stephen Wentworth
Syntymäaika
1903-08-01
Kuolinaika
1982-11-04
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
London, England, UK
Asuinpaikat
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Organisaatiot
Royal Navy
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
CBE,1971
Distinguished Service Cross, 1944-03
FBA

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This Volume one, the period of Anglo-American hostility. It covers in clear prose and with adequate maps the creation of the Washington Naval treaties, and the massive cutbacks in planned world armaments. We are also given a description of the history of the Singapore naval base and of its importance in British naval policy in the interwar period. Roskill also investigates the reasons for the rising irritation of the Japanese with the Anglo-american dispensation in the Far East. Well worth reading.… (lisätietoja)
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DinadansFriend | Sep 11, 2017 |
This is where one begins a serious study of the Commonwealth's war at sea. While there's no mention of the results of Ultra or the other intelligence successes, the text is clear, the Orders of Battle are relatively complete, and the maps are excellent. Capt. Roskill, who commanded HMNZS Leander at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, does his best to describe the efforts of the Royal and Allied Navies and succeeds in doing so. (A three volume set) Read twice.
 
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DinadansFriend | Jun 25, 2017 |
Leading British oligarch, organizer of secret services, transatlantic manipulator.
 
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chaitkin | May 25, 2017 |
This turns into the story of why the UK settled for building the King George V class of battleships, and the inception and reasons for the creation of the carriers with armoured flight decks that served the allies so well off Okinawa. Roskill has the advantage of being a serving officer during this period, and more correctly translates the naval officers' difficulties with the politicking of this period.
 
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Teokset
28
Jäseniä
520
Suosituimmuussija
#47,760
Arvio (tähdet)
4.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
10
ISBN:t
55
Kielet
2
Kuinka monen suosikki
1

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