The Royal Australian Navy
Provides a history of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) whose institutional establishment proved to be a key to the emergence of Australia as an independent nation. It also explores the elaborate web of changing strategic circumstance, alliance relationships, transitory personalities, technological innovation, and differing national needs along with expectations that has influenced the development of Australia's naval defence
Print Book, English, 2001
Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2001
History
xv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
9780195541168, 9780195541144, 9780195541151, 9780195541175, 9780195541137, 9780195541182, 9780195541199, 0195541162, 0195541146, 0195541154, 0195541170, 0195541138, 0195541189, 0195541197
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1901-1913 : the genesis of the Australian Navy / David Stevens
1914-1918 : World War I / David Stevens
1919-1929 : an imperial service / Jason Sears
1929-1939 : depression and rearmament / Jason Sears
1939-1941 : World War II : the war against Germany and Italy / James Goldrick
1941-1945: World War II : the war against Japan / James Goldrick
1945-1954 : The Korean War era / Alastair Cooper
1955-1972 : the era of forward defence / Alastair Cooper
1972-1983 : towards self-reliance / Peter Jones
1983-1991 : a period of change and uncertainty / Peter Jones
1991-2001 : the era of defence reform / Kathryn Spurling
Conclusions
Appendix 1. Major RAN ships 1901-2000
Appendix 2. Professional heads of the Royal Australian Navy
Appendix 3. Commissioned shore establishments
Appendix 4. Fleet air arm squadrons
Appendix 5. Category badges