Eugene Rasor's Bibliography

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25146

Willis, Lionel & Greenhill, Basil. The Coastal Trade: The Sailing Craft of British Waters, 900-1900. London, 1975. Large folio, 98 illustrations, 45 color plates by artist.

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25147

Willis, Sam. "The Battle of Lagos, 1759." J Mil His, 73 (July 2009): 745-65. 250th anniversary; Admiral Edward Boscawen vs. French Toulon squadron; indecisive.

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25148

Willis, Sam B.A. "Capability, Control and Tactics in the Eighteenth-Century Royal Navy." Ph.D. diss, Exeter, 2004. Under N.A.M. Rodger & Michael Duffy; (ASLIB 54-2640).

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25149

Willis, Sam B.A. "Tbe Capability of Sailing Warships." 2 parts. I: Windward Performance. II: Manoevrability." Nor Mar, 13 & 14 (2003 & 2004): 29-40 & 57-68. Basic details about sailing & properties of the wind.

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25150

Willis, Sam B.A. Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2008, xviii, 254 pp. 47 illustrations; revisionist; new ideas, dramatic accounts, in depth.

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25151

Willis, Sam B.A. Fighting Ships, 1750-1850. London: Quercus, 2007, 224 pp. Intro: N.A.M. Rodger; large folio, 170 illustrations: paintings, drawings, diagrams, portraits.

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25152

Willis, Sam B.A. Fighting Ships, 1850-1950. London: Quercus, 2008, 223 pp. Intro: N.A.M. Rodger; large folio.

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25153

Willis, Sam. The Fighting Temeraire. London: Quercus, 2009, 323 pp. Noted as 1st of "Hearts of Oak" trilogy; originally, French SOTL captured in Seven Years' War; painting by Turner, Temerair being towed to last berth, deemed favorite painting of the British.

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25154

Willis, Sam B.A. "Fleet Performance and Capability in the Eighteenth-Century Royal Navy." War in History, 11 (November 2004): 373-92.

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25155

Willis, Sam B.A. "The High Life: Topmen in the Eighteenth-Century Navy." MM, 90 (May 2004): 152-66. Hazardous occupation; how dangerous?

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25156

Willmoth, Frances, ed. Flamsteed's Stars: New Perspectives on the Life and Work of the First Astronomer Royal, 1664-1719. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1997, xiv, 271 pp. For NMM; proceedings, conference, "Flamsteed at Greenwich," NMM, October 1995; essays.

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25157

Willmott, Hedley Paul. The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies, February to June 1942. Annapolis: NIP, 1983, 2008, xvii, 596 pp. 2nd of trilogy.

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25158

Willmott, Hedley Paul. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2005, xi, 383 pp. Thesis: series of battles; participation by British & Commonwealth forces.

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25159

Willmott, Hedley Paul. Battleship. London: Cassell, 2002, 352 pp.

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25160

Willmott, Hedley Paul. Empires in the Balance: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies to April 1942. Annapolis: NIP, 1982, 2008, xxiii, 487 pp. 1st of trilogy.

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25161

Willmott, Hedley Paul. Grave of a Dozen Schemes: British Naval Planning and the War against Japan, 1943-1945. Annapolis: NIP, 1995, 1996, xv, 316 pp. 3rd of trilogy.

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25162

Willmott, Hedley Paul. "Grave of a Dozen Schemes: The British Search for a Naval Strategy for the War against Japan, 1943-1944." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1991.

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25163

Willmott, Hedley Paul. The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2009, xviii, 543 pp. Considerable detail; projected 1st of 2 or 3 more volumes.

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25164

Willmott, Hedley Paul. "The Naval Estimates, 1906-1909." Master's thesis, Liverpool, 1970. Under A.N. Ryan.

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25165

Willmott, Hedley Paul. "The Organization: The Admiralty and the Western Approaches." See S. Howarth, Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 179-87.

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