Free Download The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990: Retreat and Revival by Edward Hampshire
English | August 15, 2024 | ISBN: 1399041231 | 798 pages | PDF | 31 Mb
The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990: Retreat and Revival is the first book to cover this subject in depth for more than thirty years. With unique access to primary, archival sources, Edward Hampshire offers important and fascinating insights into the naval dimension of the Cold War. During the period covered by this new book the Royal Navy faced some of its greatestchallenges, both at sea confronting the increasingly capable and impressive Soviet Navy,and on shore when it faced policy crises that threatened the survival of much of the fleet.During this remarkable period, the Navy had rarely been so focused on a single theater ofwar-the Eastern Atlantic-but also rarely so politically vulnerable. The author sets out to analyze shadowing operations and confrontations at sea withSoviet ships and submarines; the Navy’s role in the enormous NATO and Warsaw Pactnaval exercises that acted out potential war scenarios; individual operations from theFalklands and the 1990-91 Gulf War to the Beira and Armilla patrols; the development ofadvanced naval technologies to counter Soviet capabilities; policy-making controversiesas the three services fought for resources-including the controversial 1981 Nott defensereview; and what life was like in the Cold War navy for ratings and officers. The book, thefirst to cover this subject in depth for more than thirty years, will make use of the full rangeof archival sources that have been publicly available over the last two decades, but ofwhich little use has been made by historians. This work is destined to become a definitive naval history of the period. It also provides afascinating and gripping narrative of a navy under threat from many directions but whichsurvived and eventually prospered, winning a remarkable victory in the far South Atlanticmore than seven thousand from its expected battleground in the North Atlantic. Written for a wide audience, this book will appeal to professional and enthusiast alike.
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