The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea 1914-1918.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: August 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea 1914-1918. Julian Thompson. Sidgwick & Jackson. [pounds sterling]25.00. xxx + 466 pages. ISBN 0-283-07354-3. The average view of the Navy's role in the 1914-18 war is that, apart from Jutland, it did not do very much at all. Prof. Thompson's aim is to give readers 'a more complete picture ... of the nature of the Royal Navy's service under, on, and above the sea' during the Great War'. He argues that 'had it not been for the efforts of the Royal Navy, Germany would have won the First World War'. The Navy provided the 'shield' without ...

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