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I have used the term "Cold War" as a time frame to cover the period from the end of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath to the break up of the Soviet Union.

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A. Cecil Hampshire's study of the Royal Navy's transition to the nuclear age.
The Battle and the Breeze sheds much new light on many key aspects of post- 1945 naval policy, such as the controversy surrounding CVA01 (the fleet carrier replacement programme), the crucial decision to procure the Sea Harrier, the lack of airborne early warning at the time of the Falklands war, and the Chevaline and Type 22 programmes. Ashmore also makes fair and sound judgements on his contemporaries such as Lord Louis Mountbatten.
In 1926, when the young John Hayes entered the Royal Navy's college at Dartmouth, he pledged to serve the Lords of the Admiralty 'at their discretion'. It was a service which would last for forty-two years, taking the author from the South China Sea to the North Cape and from peace to three historic catastrophes of the war at sea — the sinking of the Prince of Wales, the Repulse and Convoy P017.
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In the post-1945 era the situation regarding the developement of destroyers has been made even more complex by the development of new weapons including guided missiles, the staggering evolution of radars and other electronic systems, the increased performance and lethality of modern aircraft, and of course the advent of the nuclear powered submarine.
The first edition of this book appeared in 1983, only a year after the Falklands and too early to reflect the changes brought about to the Navy's frigate force as a result of that war. By 1990 the results were clearly visible on many ships — notably improved electronic warfare devices, increased light AA armament, new CIWS gun-based systems, medium calibre guns introduced on the later Type 22s and greater attention to fire and damage control facilities in all ships.
The maritime dimension of Western European security is often ignored even though, as Eric Grove writes, " . . . without the 'Atlantic', NATO quite literally falls apart". This study brings the subject up to date, analysing the current strategic configuration and how this might develop in the near future.
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of power projection ashore. Michael Evans describes all aspects of amphibious operations from planning to execution, including such elements as ship design, command and control and fire support for the landing force. With reference to many previous operations from Gallipoli to Grenada, he demonstrates how they can he the key to unlock military stalemate, if properly conceived and executed.
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Click this image to go to Alfred Draper's " Smoke Without Fire " page ! The Future of British Sea Power - ed. Geoffrey Till: The articles contained in the book are by the country's leading experts, such as the Chief of the Defense Staff, Lord Lewin; Sir John Fieldhouse, the First Sea Lord; Sir Frank Cooper, The Ministry of Defense's Chief Scientist; Professor Sir Ronald Mason; and many others.
Essentially pictorial book, SUBMARINES WITH WINGS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIRCRAFT CARRYING SUBMARINES by TERRY C. TREADWELL, with all these pioneering efforts well documented, with many extremely rare photographs of the boats and their purpose-built aircraft. However, much of the story relates to the post-1945 period, when the USA carried out many fascinating but little known developments in submarine aviation, including plans for a submarine-launched jet fighter.
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In this volume, Richard Hill follows his powerful exposition of Anti-Submarine Warfare in the 'Combat Roles' series with a similarly pertinent study of Air Defence at Sea. He addresses clearly the wider strategic complications of The US Maritime Strategy and expanding Soviet naval influence, as well as the details of technological developments and the variety of weapons systems.
The first in the series covers the imprecise art of anti-submarine warfare: how to deal with a submarine threat which has proved itself to be a devastating weapon in two world wars and, most recently, in the South Atlantic. Today's submarines are vastly more potent than their predecessors and pose a terrible threat to supply shipping, surface warships and through nuclear missiles
JANES FIGHTING SHIPS 1996- 1997: Edited by Captain Richard Sharp, R.N. Ninety-ninth edition. Click to go to page . . . . .
During the past decade (1970s) advances in technology have brought about fundamental changes in naval strategy. The changes have followed each other at regular intervals, sometimes with a rapidity that has rendered costly new equipment obsolescent, even obsolete, before it has properly been worked up to full operational efficiency.