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Author:   Malcolm H. Murfett (King's College London)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.210kg
ISBN:  

9780415640084

ISBN 10:   0415640083
Pages:   638
Publication Date:   13 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations. Glossary. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Neither One Thing nor the Other (1919–39) 2. The Opening Gambit (1939) 3. Much More Than a Phoney War (1940) 4. Uncompromising Hostilities (January – November 1941) 5. From Pearl Harbor to Madagascar (December 1941 – May 1942) 6. Stalling the Juggernaut in the Early Summer of 1942 7. From Defence to Attack in the Autumn of 1942 8. A Change in Momentum (January – August 1943) 9. Striking Back (September – December 1943) 10. Seizing the Initiative (January – August 1944) 11. Tightening the Grip (September – December 1944) 12. Stranglehold (1945). Conclusion: Rising to the Challenge of Fighting the War at Sea. Appendix I: Allied Convoy Statistics (1939-45). Appendix II: Units of Measurement – Conversion Equivalents. Select Bibliography. Index

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The appearance of Malcolm Murfett's long anticipated single-volume operational history of the naval aspects of the Second World War fill a quite unique place in the scholarship of the war ... It is wonderful that a single scholar has managed to complete a monumental work such as this ... It should find its way into naval libraries, and perhaps especially into the smaller private and public libraries that need a genearl narrative and reference to the naval war at sea. Those for whom the price is not a problem will find it a useful part of their private collection. --International Journal of Maritime History

The appearance of Malcolm Murfett's long anticipated single-volume operational history of the naval aspects of the Second World War fill a quite unique place in the scholarship of the war . . . It is wonderful that a single scholar has managed to complete a monumental work such as this . . . It should find its way into naval libraries, and perhaps especially into the smaller private and public libraries that need a genearl narrative and reference to the naval war at sea. Those for whom the price is not a problem will find it a useful part of their private collection. --International Journal of Maritime History

Author Information

Malcolm Murfett is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a number of works on naval themes, including Fool-proof Relations: The Search for Anglo-American Naval cooperation in the Chamberlain Years, 1937-40 (1985), Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949 (1991), and the co-written Between Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from First Settlement to Final British Withdrawal . He is also the editor of The First Sea Lords (1999).

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