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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"naval history"”.
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South Pacific Destroyers: The United States Navy and the Challenges of Night Surface Combat in the Solomons Islands during World War II.
… documents obtained from the National Archives, Naval War College, Naval History and Heritage Command Center, and East Carolina University. The Japanese perspective was attained from numerous secondary sources.</p><p>Innovation in tactics, technology, and resources allowed the Americans to …
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From Gunboats to Good Neighbors: U.S. Naval Diplomacy in Peru, 1919-1942
This dissertation examines the role naval power played in the evolution of U.S. policy toward Latin America during the interwar period, when the United States abandoned armed interventionism in favor of the policy of the "Good Neighbor." Specifically, it focuses on two oft-overlooked types of naval …
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The Royal Navy’s anti-slavery campaign in the western Indian Ocean, c. 1860-1890: race, empire and identity
… background. As such, scholars have written a naval history of slave-trade suppression. This thesis, in contrast, adopts an interdisciplinary approach, and engages with new material and new themes in order to place the anti-slavery campaign firmly in the social and cultural context of …
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Future Nelsons: A quantitative social history study of British naval cadets, 1884-1894
This dissertation is a quantitative study of naval cadets who joined the Royal Navy in the final two decades of the nineteenth century via the training institution H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship). The focus of the study is on the backgrounds of cadets, geographical and social, and how they …
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Shugborough Hall, the Ansons and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire
… it one of the most valuable prizes in British naval history. The Commodore and his older brother, Thomas Anson (1695-1773), subsequently used this prize money to renovate Shugborough, turning it from a modest brick house into a Neo-Classical mansion, complete with Grecian and Chinese garden …
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The Naval Forces of the Irish State, 1922-1977
This thesis seeks to examine the history of the naval forces of the Irish state since its independence and identify those factors, events and decisions which shaped their development while also providing an overview of the naval history of the state. Since the foundation of the Irish Free State and …
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"The Painful Task of Thinking Belongs To Me:" Rethinking Royal Navy Signal Reform during the American War of Independence
This thesis examines the context and causes of signal reform in the British Royal Navy during the American War of Independence. It argues that changes in the ethos of the officer corps before and during the American War of Independence led to a complex period of signal reform. The original system …
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Cornerstone of Union Victory: Officer Partnerships in Joint Operations in the West
… American Civil War included one of the pivotal naval contests of the nineteenth century. A topic of considerable importance is the joint operations on the western waters that brought about a string of crucial victories in the conflict for the Union. The effective cooperation of the naval river …
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British personnel in the Dutch navy, 1642-1697
… market study, the thesis focuses on the Dutch naval labour market, analysing wartime Zeeland admiralty crews. The research is based primarily on unique naval pay sources. Analysis of crew compositions has not been made on this scale in the period before. The 1667 Dutch Medway Raid is the …
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A Social and Economic History of the 1797 Fleet Mutinies at Spithead and The Nore
… drawn from social, economic, and cultural history. Using both quantitative and qualitative sources, I present a new interpretation of these momentous events that reveals the centrality of perceptions of fairness and ‘good usage’ to their causation, course, and legacy with implications for …