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From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919
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From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919

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The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan. A J P Taylor wrote that 'his naval history has a unique fascination. To unrivalled mastery of sources he adds a gift of simple narrative . . . He is beyond praise, as he is beyond cavil.'

The five volumes were subtitled The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904–1919 and they are still, despite recent major contributions from Robert Massie and Andrew Gordan, regarded by many as the definitive history of naval events leading up to and including the Great War.

This last volume describes the Royal Navy's final triumph. The convoy system brought rewards and the US Navy arrived in European waters. The striking 1918 raid on Zeebrugge was a big morale booster, and in November 1918 Beatty received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. In June the following year the Germand scuttled their fleet at Scapa Flow and so came to an end a major era in naval history.

A new introduction by Barry Gough, the distinguished Canadian maritime and naval historian, assesses the importance of Marder's work and anchors it firmly amongst the great naval narrative histories of this era.

This new paperback edition will bring a truly great work to a new generation of historians and general readers.
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PublisherPen and Sword
Release dateJun 13, 2014
ISBN9781473841888
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume V: Victory and Aftermath January 1918-June 1919
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Arthur J. Marder

ARTHUR J MARDER was a meticulous researcher, teacher and writer who, born in 1910, was to become perhaps the most distinguished historian of the modern Royal Navy. He held a number of teaching posts in American universities and was to receive countless honours, as well as publish some fifteen major works on British naval history. He died in 1980.

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