Slitherine

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Has anyone got any recommendations for books about President McKinley, the Spanish-American war and US 'Imperialism' please? Ideally I am looking for a couple of books coming from different perspectives.

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ORIGINAL: Aurelian

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Has anyone got any recommendations for books about President McKinley, the Spanish-American war and US 'Imperialism' please? Ideally I am looking for a couple of books coming from different perspectives.

Check this out: http://www.spanamwar.com/

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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Just finished Samuel Elliot Morrison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume 6: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier for the second time. Damn good reading what.

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ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

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Just finished Samuel Elliot Morrison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume 6: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier for the second time. Damn good reading what.

I remember this fine series was a must gift for my Mother to give my Father (U.S.S Idaho) as the volumes came out.

Chuck

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

2 new books to keep an eye out for:

'The Battleship Warspite: Detailed in the Original Builder's Plans' December 1, 2017

"The technical details of early 20th century British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Today these plans form part of the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the highest quality. This book is the first of a series based entirely on these drafts which will depict famous warships in an unprecedented degree of detail―complete sets in full color, with many close-ups and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible. The celebrated battleship Warspite is an ideal introduction to this new series―an apparently familiar subject, but the result is an anatomy that will fascinate every warship enthusiast and modeler."


'The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design' December 1, 2017

"Even as World War I was ending, the victorious great powers were already embarked on a potentially ruinous new naval arms race, competing to incorporate the wartime lessons and technology into ever-larger and costlier capital ships. This competition was curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which effectively banned the construction of such ships for years to come, and mandated the scrapping of those under construction. This “holiday” was to have profound effects on design when battleship building was renewed in the 1930s, as later international agreements continued to restrict size and firepower.
This book investigates the implications of these treaties on technical developments. An analysis of how well these modern ships stood the test of war concludes this intriguing and original contribution to the literature. "

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

2 new books to keep an eye out for:

'The Battleship Warspite: Detailed in the Original Builder's Plans' December 1, 2017

"The technical details of early 20th century British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Today these plans form part of the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the highest quality. This book is the first of a series based entirely on these drafts which will depict famous warships in an unprecedented degree of detail―complete sets in full color, with many close-ups and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible. The celebrated battleship Warspite is an ideal introduction to this new series―an apparently familiar subject, but the result is an anatomy that will fascinate every warship enthusiast and modeler."


'The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design' December 1, 2017

"Even as World War I was ending, the victorious great powers were already embarked on a potentially ruinous new naval arms race, competing to incorporate the wartime lessons and technology into ever-larger and costlier capital ships. This competition was curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which effectively banned the construction of such ships for years to come, and mandated the scrapping of those under construction. This “holiday” was to have profound effects on design when battleship building was renewed in the 1930s, as later international agreements continued to restrict size and firepower.
This book investigates the implications of these treaties on technical developments. An analysis of how well these modern ships stood the test of war concludes this intriguing and original contribution to the literature. "

warspite1

Strange. I've heard of the battleship Warspite, but not the battleship Holiday. HMS Holiday? USS Holiday? Nothing on Wikipedia either.....

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ORIGINAL: fodder

Reeducating myself.

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

2 new books to keep an eye out for:

'The Battleship Warspite: Detailed in the Original Builder's Plans' December 1, 2017

"The technical details of early 20th century British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Today these plans form part of the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the highest quality. This book is the first of a series based entirely on these drafts which will depict famous warships in an unprecedented degree of detail―complete sets in full color, with many close-ups and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible. The celebrated battleship Warspite is an ideal introduction to this new series―an apparently familiar subject, but the result is an anatomy that will fascinate every warship enthusiast and modeler."


'The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design' December 1, 2017

"Even as World War I was ending, the victorious great powers were already embarked on a potentially ruinous new naval arms race, competing to incorporate the wartime lessons and technology into ever-larger and costlier capital ships. This competition was curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which effectively banned the construction of such ships for years to come, and mandated the scrapping of those under construction. This “holiday” was to have profound effects on design when battleship building was renewed in the 1930s, as later international agreements continued to restrict size and firepower.
This book investigates the implications of these treaties on technical developments. An analysis of how well these modern ships stood the test of war concludes this intriguing and original contribution to the literature. "

warspite1

Strange. I've heard of the battleship Warspite, but not the battleship Holiday. HMS Holiday? USS Holiday? Nothing on Wikipedia either.....

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

2 new books to keep an eye out for:

'The Battleship Warspite: Detailed in the Original Builder's Plans' December 1, 2017

"The technical details of early 20th century British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the “as fitted” general arrangements, these drawings documented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Today these plans form part of the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the highest quality. This book is the first of a series based entirely on these drafts which will depict famous warships in an unprecedented degree of detail―complete sets in full color, with many close-ups and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible. The celebrated battleship Warspite is an ideal introduction to this new series―an apparently familiar subject, but the result is an anatomy that will fascinate every warship enthusiast and modeler."


'The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design' December 1, 2017

"Even as World War I was ending, the victorious great powers were already embarked on a potentially ruinous new naval arms race, competing to incorporate the wartime lessons and technology into ever-larger and costlier capital ships. This competition was curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which effectively banned the construction of such ships for years to come, and mandated the scrapping of those under construction. This “holiday” was to have profound effects on design when battleship building was renewed in the 1930s, as later international agreements continued to restrict size and firepower.
This book investigates the implications of these treaties on technical developments. An analysis of how well these modern ships stood the test of war concludes this intriguing and original contribution to the literature. "

warspite1

Strange. I've heard of the battleship Warspite, but not the battleship Holiday. HMS Holiday? USS Holiday? Nothing on Wikipedia either.....

Another book on Jutland: 'The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916: Its Creation, Development and Work' by John Rushworth Jellicoe.
A reprint of his 1919 book.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: fodder

Reeducating myself.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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The Hollow Legions - Mussolini's blunder in Greece 1940-41 (Cervi)

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

'Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45'.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

'Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45'.

warspite1

I look forward to your thoughts on this.

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I've started reading The Naval War in the Baltic 1939-45 (Grooss)

Okay start - the author writes in a clearly understandable and easy to read way, but he's spent the first chapter giving a very potted history of countries that border the Baltic Sea. Not uninteresting in itself, but too little to be really useful and so not really sure that this was needed.

I read on.....

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805