The Battle and the Breeze: The Naval Reminiscences of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward AshmoreSutton [in association with] Royal Naval Museum, 1997 - Всего страниц: 282 Sir Edward Ashmore, one of the key figures in the post-war history of the Royal Navy, rose to the highest rank in his chosen profession and later became Chief of the Defence Staff. In this his autobiography he gives a vivid insight into the life of an aspiring naval officer in the 1950s and 60s, and the preoccupations of high command during the 1970s. The Battle and the Breeze sheds much new light on many key aspects of post-1945 naval policy, such as the controversy surrounding CVA01 (the fleet carrier replacement programme), the crucial decision to procure the Sea Harrier, the lack of airborne early warning at the time of the Falklands war, and the Chevaline and Type 22 programmes. Ashmore also makes fair and sound judgements on his contemporaries such as Lord Louis Mountbatten. Not only does The Battle and the Breeze make an important contribution to our understanding of recent naval policy, but it is also potentially the most significant naval historical autobiography of the post-1945 period. |
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... taken away . I was trying to keep a diary of the journey ; that was taken away , and I was told that one was not allowed to write in the Soviet Union . Eventually , however , deprived of my writing materials , some of my reading matter ...
... taken away . I was trying to keep a diary of the journey ; that was taken away , and I was told that one was not allowed to write in the Soviet Union . Eventually , however , deprived of my writing materials , some of my reading matter ...
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... taken place . I thought it was a good press conference - I am not certain that everybody agreed . ( As someone said , it was held to show that we hadn't , but proved that we could have ! ) In July we sailed to Hong Kong , and it was ...
... taken place . I thought it was a good press conference - I am not certain that everybody agreed . ( As someone said , it was held to show that we hadn't , but proved that we could have ! ) In July we sailed to Hong Kong , and it was ...
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... taken round by the general officer commanding , and briefed by him and the head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary . No sooner had I arrived and got in the car to go from Aldergrove than they put a flat plain - clothes cap on my head to ...
... taken round by the general officer commanding , and briefed by him and the head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary . No sooner had I arrived and got in the car to go from Aldergrove than they put a flat plain - clothes cap on my head to ...
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