The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters
Subtitle: Linchpin of Victory 1935-1942
By: Andrew Boyd ; foreword by N A M Rodger
Contributors: Rodger, N. A. M., 1949-
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9781473892484
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Naval History; World War, 1939-1945; British Naval operations; History
Description: "The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters tells the compelling story of how the Royal Navy secured the strategic space from Egypt in the west to Australasia in the East through the first half of World War II. It explains why this contribution, made while the Soviet Union's fate remained in the balance and before American economic power took effect, was so critical. Without it the war would certainly have lasted longer and decisive victory might have proved impossible. After the protection of the Atlantic lifeline, this was surely the Royal Navy's finest achievement." - publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I; title: Preparing for Two-Hemisphere War -- -- 1.; title: Royal Navy 1935 -- 39: The Right Navy for the Right War -- -- 2.; title: Naval Defence of the Eastern Empire 1935 -- 40: Managing Competing Risks -- -- pt. II; title: Existential War in the West -- -- 3.; title: Securing Eastern Empire War Potential after the Fall of France -- -- 4.; title: American Relationship, ABC-1 and the Resurrection of an Eastern Fleet -- -- pt. III; title: July 1941: The Road to Disaster in the East -- -- 5.; title: Royal Navy Readiness for a War with Japan in Mid-1941: Intelligence and Capability -- -- 6.; title: Summer and Autumn 1941: Reinforcement and Deterrence -- -- 7.; title: Deployment of Force Z and its Consequences: Inevitable Disaster? -- -- pt. IV; title: An Inescapable Commitment: The Indian Ocean in 1942 -- -- 8.; title: Defence of the Indian Ocean in 1942.