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100 1 _aBREEMER Jan S
245 0 _aThe burden of Trafalgar:
_bdecisive battle and naval strategic expectations on the eve of the First World War
260 _aNewport R.I.:
_bUnited States Naval War College,
_c1993
300 _a45p.
440 _aNewport papers 6
520 3 _aSets out to establish why the Battle of Trafalgar had so much effect on naval strategy in the following hundred years. In particular considers the effect of the last great decisive battle under sail on strategy using very different technolgies and with different objectives. In Nelson's day one tried to capture the opponents ships, by the first world war the objective was to destroy them.
650 _aBATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
650 _aFIRST WORLD WAR
650 _aNAVAL OPERATIONS
650 _aSTRATEGY
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