Title: | rules of the game : Jutland and British Naval Command |
Authors: | Andrew Gordon |
Material Type: | Books |
Publisher: | London : Murray, 2005 |
Article on page: | X, 710 p. |
ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7195-6131-3 |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | 940.456 |
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Tags: | World War, 1914-1918 ; Military history ; Naval history |
Abstract: | This superb study of military culture focuses on Jutland and the question of why the British did not do better. The Royal Navy had had no equivalent to the Boer War, no real challenge to suggest that its practices, values and commanders were not up to the job. In particular, Gordon argues that this had enabled the Navy to draw the wrong conclusions from Nelsonian victory. Instead of placing the emphasis on initiative ... |
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