Mike Farquharson-Roberts, National Museum of the Royal Navy, UK.
New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
[2015]
The officers of the Royal Navy before 1918 --;The naval officer and interwar society --;Becoming a naval officer: entry, education and training --;Personnel management --;The officers of the Royal Navy in the 1920s --;Malign neglect? the collapse of executive officers morale --;The officer's nadir, and the inflection --;The ascension: improving morale --;The ascension: Admiral Chatfield and the coming war --;The naval officer in World War Two: the apogee --;Conclusion.
In the context of their war experience in the First World War, the changes and developments of the Executive branch of the Royal Navy between the world wars are examined and how these made them fit for the test of the Second World War are critically assessed.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Officers -- History -- 20th century.
Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
VB315
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G7
M554
2015
Mike Farquharson-Roberts, National Museum of the Royal Navy, UK.