Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

St. Leonards, Australia : Allen & Unwin, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Stevens, David.

Description

xxvii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Royal Australian Navy in World War Two

Subjects

• Australia > Royal Australian Navy > History > World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Australian

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

ISBN

• 1864480351
• 1864482818

LCCN

96157571

OCLC

ocm34871600

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries