Naval art and science– History–20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Naval warfare 1919–1945 : an operational history of the volatile war at sea / Malcolm H. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2009 Malcolm Murfett All rights reserved. Naval Warfare 1919–1945 An operational history of the volatile war at seaįirst published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. He is also the editor of The First Sea Lords (1999). Malcolm Murfett is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a number of works on naval themes, including Fool-proof Relations: The Search for Anglo-American Naval Cooperation in the Chamberlain Years, 1937–40 (1985), Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949 (1991) and the cowritten Between Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from First Settlement to Final British Withdrawal. This vividly written volume is an accessible as well as fascinating read both for students and for interested members of the general public. Naval Warfare 1919–1945 is an analytical and interpretive study that examines why things happened when they did.
Sometimes the narrow difference between victory and defeat hinges on those infinite variables: the individual’s performance under acute pressure and sheer luck. He demonstrates that superior equipment and the best intelligence, ominous power and systematic planning, vast finance and suitable training are often simply not enough in themselves to guarantee the successful outcome of a particular encounter at sea. Murfett has written an absorbing as well as comprehensive reference work that is not afraid to re-examine the naval past in a stimulating way, or to take issue with those aspects of it that deserve closer attention. Armed with the latest material from an extensive set of sources, Dr. Showing the bewildering nature and complexity of the war facing those charged with fighting it around the world, this book ranges far and wide: sweeping across all naval theatres and those powers performing major, as well as minor, roles within them. Andrew Lambert, King’s College, London Naval Warfare 1919–1945 is a comprehensive history of the war at sea from the end of the Great War to the end of World War II. This is an excellent book, and one that I would recommend to all students of the Inter-War and Second World War era.
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