Great book. Original dust jacket encased in clear plastic book cover. No missing or loose pages. Spine is straight with no damage.

Naval Policy Between the Wars: Period of Reluctant Rearmament, 1930-39 v. 2

Engineering & Transportation

Roskill, Stephen

Engineering

Collins

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty

<p>Winston Churchill enjoyed two stints as First Lord of the Admiralty, at the start of the First World War and at the start of the Second. He retained close interest in naval matters, especially as the defeat of the U-boat menace was so vital in both wars to maintain the vital supplies so necessary for Britain’s war efforts. Indeed, Churchill later said that this was the only thing that had threatened the ultimate Allied victory.</p>

Churchill and The Admirals

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Pen and Sword Military

Stephen Roskill's magnificent biography explains why Admiral David Beatty has come to be seen as Britain's last naval hero. His early promise led to fast promotion and he became the youngest admiral since Nelson.But that is only one part of the story and there are aspects of his character that were not entirely admirable. There were, and still remain, questions over his handling of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at Jutland at which his highly aggressive approach was contrasted with the prudence of his commander, Sir John Jellicoe. His turbulent marriage and his extra-marital liaisons were to be suppressed in his official biography but in some ways, these aspects are as significant to our understanding of him as Nelson and Emma Hamilton's great affair is to our reading of the Napoleonic era at sea.Roskill deals with all these issues and in doing so brilliantly reassesses Beatty's place in history. Access to new material at the time of writing allowed Roskill to write a balanced and wholly credible account of an extraordinary life, and this wonderfully readable and intimate biography will appeal to a whole new generation of readers.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty: The Last Naval Hero: An Intimate Biography

History

Military

Naval_Institute_Press

Churchill and the Admirals (Pen & Sword Military Classics)

Pen and Sword Military Classics

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