N.A.M. Rodger
Born
in Wellington, New Zealand
November 12, 1949
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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815
13 editions
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2004
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The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649
14 editions
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1997
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The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
16 editions
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published
1986
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The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945
5 editions
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published
2024
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The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
8 editions
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published
1980
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Naval records for geneologists (Public Record Office handbook)
6 editions
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published
1999
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Articles of War: The Statutes Which Governed Our Fighting Navies, 1661, 1749 and 1886
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The Admiralty
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1979
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Naval Power in the Twentieth Century
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3 editions
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published
1996
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The Naval Miscellany, Vol. V
2 editions
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published
1984
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“In March 1949 James Forrestal was replaced as Secretary of Defense by Louis A. Johnson, whose career had been closely connected with the Army Air Force. In April the keel of the United States was laid, and immediately Johnson cancelled the ship. The public and the US Navy assumed that this meant the end of the US carrier force, and Johnson went out of his way to confirm the impression. ‘Admiral,’ he told Admiral Richard L. Conolly, commanding in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean:”
― The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815 – 1945
― The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815 – 1945
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