Overview

Naval history is sometimes criticised for concentrating on the technical side of operations at the expense of the human. The Face of Naval Battle breaks new ground in that for the first time the authors closely examine the individual and group experience of maritime warfare in the twentieth century. What is it that makes naval battle different from combat in the air or on the ground? What is the future of maritime warfare? Ranging from lively accounts of individual acts of heroism through to critical studies of the problems of command at sea, The Face of Naval Battle highlights the multi-dimensional nature of maritime warfare. Drawing on the latest research from around the world, many hitherto ignored aspects of war at sea are brought to light and placed in the context of the broader human experience of conflict. Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of naval, military and strategic affairs, as well as to the general reader.

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Author:   John Reeve ,  David Stevens
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.588kg
ISBN:  

9781865086675

ISBN 10:   1865086673
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 June 2003
Recommended Age:   From
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Notes on contributors Illustrations, figures and tables Acronyms and abbreviations Acknowledgements Part I SETTING THE SCENE 1 Introduction: an anatomy of the face of naval battle John Reeve 2 Operational command at sea Andrew Gordon Part II ASPECTS OF THE FACE OF NAVAL BATTLE 3 Western advisors and Chinese sailors in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War Bruce Elleman 4 The commander in crisis: Graf Spee and the German East Asian Cruiser Squadron in 1914 Peter Overlack 5 Sailors and seaborne soldiers in the defence of Australia, 1914-2001 Russell Parkin 6 The treatment of casualties from the Sydney-Emden action Michael Dowsett 7 The aircraft carrier: the experience of its conception, procurement and operation David Hobbs 8 The Second World War, Korea and Vietnam: a personal perspective on naval warfare Guy Griffiths 9 Aboard HMAS Hobart in the Java Sea area in 1942 Gordon Johnson 10 'The Gunner': J.E. Macdonn

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David Stevens retired from the Royal Australian Navy in 1994 after having served on many Australian ships and the Australian contingent to the Gulf War in 1990-91. He is now the Director of Naval Historical Studies in the Maritime Studies Programme, the author of U-Boat Far From Home and the editor of Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century, The Royal Australian Navy in World War II, In Search of A Maritime Strategy, and Southern Trident. John Reeve is a graduate of Melbourne and Cambridge universities and is now a senior lecturer at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

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