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Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty : the last naval hero : an intimate biography /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roskill, S. W. (Stephen Wentworth), 1903-1982 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Seaforth Publishing, [2018]
Subjects:
Beatty, David Beatty, > Earl, > 1871-1936.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations, British.
Admirals > Great Britain > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Early years
  • China, 1899, and marriage, 1901
  • Problems - naval and matrimonial, 1902-1913
  • The battle cruiser squadron and preparations for war, 1913-1914
  • The test of war, 1914
  • The submarine comes into its own, 1915
  • Stalemate, January-May 1916
  • Jutland, 31st May-1st June 1916
  • Investigation and reappraisal, June-December 1916
  • Crisis for the navy : comfort for the C-in-C, January-June 1917
  • A fleet in frustration, July-December 1917
  • Victory - of a kind, January-November 1918
  • Interlude - an admiral's quarrel, 1919
  • First Sea Lord, the first phase, 1919-1923
  • The Jutland controversy, 1919-1927
  • First Sea Lord, the second phase, 1924-1927
  • Last years, 1928-1936
  • Epilogue.