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This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a
neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean, the
volume examines the war from the viewpoint of all the important
participants, making full use of archives and manuscript
collections in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and the
United States. A fascinating mosaic of campaigns emerges in the
Adriatic, Straits of Otranto and the Eastern Aegean. The German
assistance to the tribes of Libya, the threat that Germany would
get her hands on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and use it in the
Mediterreanean, and the appearance and influence of the Americans
in 1918 all took place against a background of rivalry between the
Allies which frustrated the appointment of Jellicoe in 1918 as
supreme command at sea in a role similar to that of Foch on land.
This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a
neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean, the
volume examines the war from the viewpoint of all the important
participants, making full use of archives and manuscript
collections in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and the
United States. A fascinating mosaic of campaigns emerges in the
Adriatic, Straits of Otranto and the Eastern Aegean. The German
assistance to the tribes of Libya, the threat that Germany would
get her hands on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and use it in the
Mediterreanean, and the appearance and influence of the Americans
in 1918 all took place against a background of rivalry between the
Allies which frustrated the appointment of Jellicoe in 1918 as
supreme command at sea in a role similar to that of Foch on land.
Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of the
Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy,
Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no
dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three dimensions
engaging surface vessels, aircraft, and subsurface weapons (both
submarines and mines). An attempt to halt the movement of
submarines into the Adriatic using British drifters armed with nets
and mines led to a raid by Austrian light cruisers. The Austrians
inflicted heavy damage on the drifters, but Allied naval forces
based at Brindisi cut off their withdrawal. The daylight hours saw
a running battle, with the Austrians at considerable risk. Heavier
Austrian units put out from Cattaro in support, and at the
climactic moment the Allied light forces had to turn away,
permitting the Austrians to escape. In the end, the Austrians had
inflicted more damage than they suffered themselves. The Otranto
action shows the difficulties of waging coalition warfare in which
diplomatic and national jealousies override military
efficiency."
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Recalling Childhood (Paperback)
Nicholas Tarling; Contributions by Elizabeth Arndt, Jake Dailey, George Dibley, Paul G. Halpern, …
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R1,300
Discovery Miles 13 000
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put
to a number of 'seniors' asked to start from as far back as they
could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers
are in this unusual book. Topics naturally include their physical
self; their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, playmates,
teachers, classmates, pets; their manners, training, rewards and
punishments; food; play, toys; likes, dislikes; schools,
kindergarten, elementary; outings, holidays, travel; notable
experiences; dreams, nightmares, pleasures, fears. They were also
invited to give an account of their physical surroundings, their
home, and the context of everyday life, what they took for granted;
and to draw attention to a past in which so much of what is now
common was then absent: TV, cell-phones, ubiquitous motor cars, air
travel. The question was directed to and accepted by people from a
number of countries and with a range of experiences. Several are or
were academics, and the introduction contains some comments on
memory and points to commonalities among the remembered
experiences, as well as differences. But the book is mainly for the
general reader, who may want to ask: what can I remember of my
childhood? - Let me try!
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