Eugene Rasor's Bibliography

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24526

Wegener, Wolfgang. The Naval Strategy of the World War. Classics of Sea Power Series. Annapolis: NIP, 1929, 1989, lv, 233 pp. Intro & trans: Holger Herwig; fundamentals of German naval strategy, pre-1st World War.

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24527

Wegner, Dana M. "Trends in the Study of Ship Design." See D. Masterson, NHS-6, pp. 313-16.

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24528

Weibust, Knut. Deep Sea Sailors: A Study in Maritime Ethnology. Stockholm: Nordiska, 1969, xvi, 512 pp. Themes: environment, activities, status, mutiny.

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24529

Weider, Ben & Forschufvud, Sten. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited. New York: Wiley, 1978, 1995, 555 pp. Foreword: David Chandler; thesis: Napoleon poisoned by arsenic over long term by Count de Montholon.

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24530

Weider, Ben & Guegen, Emile. Napoleon: The Man Who Shaped Europe. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2000, 200 pp.

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24531

Weightman, Gavin. The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story. New York: Hyperion, 2003, 248 pp.

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24532

Weightman, Gavin. London's Thames. London: Murray, 2004, 150 pp.

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24533

Weightman, Gavin. Signor Marconi's Magic Box: How an Amateur Inventor Defied Scientists and Began the Radio Revolution. London: HarperCollins; Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003, 2004, xvii, 312 pp. Gugliolono Marconi; 1902, 1st transatlantic transmission; wireless featured in Titanic disaster, 1912.

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24534

Weil, Althea Jane. The Navy of Venice. London: Murray, 1910, xvi, 370 pp.

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24535

Weinberg, Gerhard L. "Germany and Assorted Allies in World War II: Cooperation with the Soviet Union, Spain, Italy and Japan." See B. Ellerman, Naval Coaliton Warfare, 2008.

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24536

Weinberg, Gerhard L. "Grand Strategy in the Pacific War." Air Power History, 43 (Spring 1996): 4-13. Summary analysis & overview by prominent expert.

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24537

Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World at Arms; A Global History of World War II. New York: Cambridge UP, 1994, 1995, 2005, xx, 1178 pp. Masterly survey; global perspectives.

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24538

Weinberger, Caspar. Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon. New York: Warner; London: Michael Joseph, 1990, 464 pp. Especially, involvement in Falklands/Malvinas campaign; knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

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24539

Weinberger, Caspar. "The Nelson Touch." Nel Dis, 2 (October 1987): 225-28 & repeated: Nel Dis, 8 (December 2005): 839-43.

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24540

Weingartner, Steven, ed. The Greatest Thing We Have Ever Attempted: Historical Perspectives on the Normandy Campaign. Wheaton: Cantigny First Division, 1998, 213 pp.

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24541

Weintraub, Stanley. Iron Tears: America's Battle for Feedom, Britain's Quagmire, 1775-1783. New York: Free Press, 2005, 375 pp. Focus on problems of British, e.g., poor intelligence, overestimated Loyalist numbers, hesitant commanders.

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24542

Weir, David R. "Tontines, Public Finance, and Revolution in France and England, 1688-1789." J Econ His, 49 (1989): 95-124.

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24543

Weir, Gary E. Building the Kaiser's Navy: The Imperial Navy Office and German Industry in the von Tirpitz Era, 1890-1919. Annapolis: NIP, 1992, xiv, 291 pp. How Tirpitz gained leverage over private shipbuilders & armament suppliers while keeping the navy independent of government control; his "risk theory" an utter failure as a strategy.

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24544

Weir, Gary E. "Fish, Family, and Profit: Piracy and the Horn of Africa." NWCR, 62 (Summer 2009): 4-29.

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24545

Weir, Gary E. Forged in War: The Naval Industrial Complex and American Submarine Construction, 1940-1961. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 1993, xvii, 314 pp.

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