The Royal Australian Navy in World War II / edited by David Stevens.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
St. Leonards, Australia : Allen & Unwin, [1996], ©1996.
Description
xxvii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.
Contents
  • 1. Australian naval policy 1939-45 / James Goldrick
  • 2. The Pacific War: A strategic overview / Jozef H. Straczek
  • 3. Forging an alliance? The American naval commitment to the South Pacific, 1940-42 / Ian Cowman
  • 4. The effect of World War II on RAN RN relations / Alastair Cooper
  • 5. The contribution of industry to Navy's war in the Pacific / Chris Coulthard-Clark
  • 6. The Royal Australian Navy in the Mediterranean in World War II / Eric Grove
  • 7. Savo in retrospect / Bruce Loxton
  • 8. South-West Pacific Sea Frontiers: Seapower in the Australian context / David Stevens
  • 9. The forgotten bases: The Royal Navies in the Pacific, 1945 / David Brown
  • 10. 'Something peculiar to themselves': The social background of the Navy's officers in World War II / Jason Sears
  • 11. Willing volunteers, resisting society, reluctant Navy: The troubled first years of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service / Kathryn Spurling --
  • 12. Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB, RAN / A. W. Grazebrook
  • 13. The intrigue master: Commander R. B. M. Long of Naval Intelligence / Barbara Winter
  • 14. The RAN Hydrographic Branch, 1942-45 / John G. Betty
  • 15. Touching on Fairmiles / Marsden Hordern
  • 16. The Royal Australian Navy in World War II: A summary / Frank Broeze.
Other title(s)
Royal Australian Navy in World War Two
ISBN
  • 1864480351
  • 1864482818
LCCN
96157571
OCLC
34871600
RCP
C - S
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