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Lädt ... For the Love of the Navy : A Celebration of the British Armed Forcesvon Ray Hamilton
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. There's much in this book that will be known to those who served in The Andrew - the Royal Navy - but it will nonetheless surely be a happy memory jogger for many an Old Salt, as well as being a reference book for much of the modern Navy of today. But how one wishes the editor had done a better job. For a start, a book like this absolutely needs an index (and I have made a start with the tags on this page) - for example, having come across, randomly, the piece of Navy Speak 'Toe the Line' (on page 220), how on earth, without an index, would I ever remember how to find it again. There's a vignette for Admiral Sir Jonathon Band (born 1950), who wrote the book's foreword, but most, if not all, of the vignettes for the likes of Jellicoe, Beatty, Cunningham and Ramsay are not titled with their knighthood! Commodore Dock Twitchen, whose help the author acknowledges, should surely have made clear the importance of the Engineering Branches, the Logistics Branch and their precedence, as would be clear from any copy of the Navy List - it's is bizarre that the tiny Chaplain's branch has seven lines of text, the Pussers eight lines and the Engineers just nine lines. Extraordinarily, a description of the Warfare Branch seems to have been missed entirely and the Education Training and Meteorological Branches and Dental Officers too. While the Sea Cadet Corps is mentioned, what about the Sea Scouts, CCF, Naval Cadets and Maritime Cadets? Impossible to be sure without an Index but there is too much missing, too much not covered well or at all, for me to wholeheartedly recommend this - editors must not check what's been written for accuracy but must ask what's been missed out! The Naval Service deserves better than this (and, by the way, there's another thing - the author's description of the Naval Service (page 119) is wrong, for he omits the RFA!). ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Have you ever wondered... How the Navy and the Marines came to be 'royal'? How Samuel Pepys helped professionalise the Navy while at the same time penning his famous diary. What the origins of everyday expressions like 'toeing the line', 'showing your true colours' and 'piping-hot food' are? Marvel at the magnificent vessels that have always been the backbone of the force, from the Tudor warship Mary Rose to the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy. Pay homage to the acclaimed naval heroes and the impressive battles that make up its illustrious history, from the Battle of Gravelines which saw off the Spanish Armada to the two world wars of the twentieth century and beyond, via the sea battles of the Napoleonic Wars. And learn about the remarkable people who serve in the Navy's ranks today as its beating heart, in roles as widespread as conflict-prevention, counternarcotics, counter-piracy and humanitarian and disaster relief, ensuring that the Senior Service will retain its reputation for excellence for generations to come. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)359.00941Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Navy; Naval Science Biography; History By Place Europe British Isles -- Ireland & ScotlandBewertungDurchschnitt:
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