Royal Naval Officers from War to War, 1918-1939
Author:   Mike Farquharson-Roberts ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
ISBN:  

9781137481955


Pages:   282
Publication Date:   12 August 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mike Farquharson-Roberts ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.728kg
ISBN:  

9781137481955


ISBN 10:   1137481951
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   12 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Officers of the Royal Navy Before 1918 2. The Naval Officer and Interwar Society 3. Becoming a Naval Officer: Entry, Education and Training 4. Personnel Management 5. The Officers of the Royal Navy in the 1920s 6. Malign Neglect? The Collapse of Executive Officers Morale 7. The Officer ' 's Nadir, and the Inflection 8. The Ascension: Improving Morale 9. The Ascension: Admiral Chatfield and the Coming War 10. The Naval Officer in World War Two: The Apogee 11. Conclusion

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This volume springs from his doctoral thesis at Exeter University in 2013 and 'is born of a wish to discover how a navy that had apparently performed so far below public expectations, largely due to institutional rigidity, in the First World War, performed so well in the Second World War with many of the same officers'. ... Highly recommended. (G. F. Liardet, The Naval Review, February, 2016)


This is a rewarding, in-depth examination of the Royal Navy's officers during the years between the two world wars. ... Royal Naval Officers from War to War, 1918 -1939 is an essential source of information about the professional development of the Royal Navy officers who fought the Second World War. (Jan Drent, The Northern Mariner, Vol. 27 (2), April, 2017) Mike Farquharson-Roberts ... is an unabashed supporter of the Royal Navy, and his book on the quality of the officer corps within the senior service from 1918 to 1939 reflects that fact very convincingly. ... It is a convincing thesis and one that scholars and those with a deep and abiding interest in the Royal Navy should find eminently satisfactory. (Malcolm H. Murfett, International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (3), August, 2016) This volume springs from his doctoral thesis at Exeter University in 2013 and `is born of a wish to discover how a navy that had apparently performed so far below public expectations, largely due to institutional rigidity, in the First World War, performed so well in the Second World War with many of the same officers'. ... Highly recommended. (G. F. Liardet, The Naval Review, February, 2016)


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Mike Farquharson-Roberts CBE OStJ PhD MA MB BS FRCS holds a PhD in Maritime History from University of Exeter. He previously had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy.

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