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The Postwar Fleet - Hardcover

 
9781739296414: The Postwar Fleet
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1739296419 ISBN 13: 9781739296414
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, 2024

Synopsis

Begins in January 1944, when thought started to be given to the size and shape of the future Navy. Postwar retrenchment meant the Admiralty needed to reduce spending on the Fleet and release manpower for the civilian economy, but also to adjust to the appearance of nuclear weapons and the incipient Cold War with the Soviet Union. The volume concludes with the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, which upset many previous planning assumptions.

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About the Author

Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1739296419
ISBN 13 
9781739296414
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
622
Editor
Jeremy Stocker