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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... turned out , was to be horribly prophetic . We midshipmen joined Birmingham on Sunday 2 January at Portsmouth . Two paymaster midshipmen were already installed , White and Collins , and there were eight others of us . Cleeve from my ...
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... turned out to be made of black pumice - stone ) was next on the programme after lunch . This meant going down in convoy through a very steep - sided valley , but we all reached the beach , and the British started to swim . The next item ...
... turned out to be made of black pumice - stone ) was next on the programme after lunch . This meant going down in convoy through a very steep - sided valley , but we all reached the beach , and the British started to swim . The next item ...
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... turned out to be quite different . I decided to make a brief courtesy call on General Whistler in Storey's Gate . He was charged with preparations for the Whitehall central signals set up . As I found my way into the building and ...
... turned out to be quite different . I decided to make a brief courtesy call on General Whistler in Storey's Gate . He was charged with preparations for the Whitehall central signals set up . As I found my way into the building and ...
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