Eugene Rasor's Bibliography

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Marder, Arthur Jacob. The Anatomy of British Sea Power: A History of British Naval Power, 1880-1905. New York: Knopf; New York: Octagon, 1940, 1964, 1977, 580 pp. "Prequel" to later 5-vol. study; 1st major contribution.

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15726

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "British Naval Leaders in World War I." See W. Geffen, Command and Comnanders in Modern Warfare, 1971.

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15727

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "British Naval Policy in 1878." J Mod His, 12 (September 1940): 367-73.

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15728

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "Dardanelles Revisited: Further Thoughts on the Naval Prelude." See A. Hyatt, Dreadnought to Polaris, pp. 30-46. Conclusion: a Nelson or Beatty could have cleared mines, silenced forts & broken through the Straits.

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15729

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "English Armament Industry and Navalism in the 90s." Pac His Rev, 7 (September 1938): 241-53. 1890s; excellent background.

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15730

Marder, Arthur Jacob, ed. Fear God and Dread Nought: The Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone. 3 vols. London: Cape, 1952-1959, 1547 pp. Correspondence especially enlightening, revealing & delightful; Marder provided detail explanations & extensive footnotes.

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15731

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "Fisher and the Genesis of the Dreadnought." USNIP, 82 (December 1956): 1309-15.

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15732

Marder, Arthur Jacob. From the Dardanelles to Oran: Studies of the Royal Navy in War and Peace, 1915-1940. New York: Oxford UP, 1974, 301 pp. Marder's foray into post-Fisher era; created some tension with Roskill.

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Marder, Arthur Jacob. From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. 5 vols. I: The Road to War, 1904-1914. II: Tbe War Years to the Eve of Jutland. III: Jutland and After. IV: 1917: Year of Crisis. V: Victory and Aftermath. London: Oxford UP, 1961-1970, 1978, 1900 pp. Vol. III on Jutland, 2nd ed., 1978; most substantial work of Marder; seen as the authority for decades; extensive bibliography; massive, but subject to later critiques, e.g., Sumida, Nicholas Lambert.

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15734

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "From Jimmy Tenno to Perry: Sea Power in Early Japanese History." AHR, 51 (October 1945): 1-34.

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Marder, Arthur Jacob, ed. "Impressions of Nelson by Admiral John Arbothnot Fisher: Compiled from the Private Papers of the Late Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord." USNIP, 74 (July 1948): 843-44.

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15736

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "The Influence of History on Sea Power: The Royal Navy and the Lessons of 1914-1918." Pac His Rev, 41 (November 1972): 413-43.

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15737

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "Jellicoe and Beatty as Commanders in Chief, Grand Fleet." See W. Geffen, Command and Commanders, pp. 81-90. To demolish myth: Jellicoe & Beatty direct opposites.

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15738

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "Navalism in England, 1893-1898." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1936, 123 pp.

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15739

Marder, Arthur Jacob, Jacobsen, Mark & Horsfield, John. Old Friends, New Enemies: The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. 2 vols. I: Strategic Illusions, 1936-1941. II: The Pacific War, 1942-1945. London: Oxford UP, 1981-1990, 1183 pp. Preface: Peter Kemp; Marder died, December 1980; completed by two of his Ph.D. students; again, foray into post-Fisher period; presented British & Japanese perspectives; in latter case: skilful use of air power, experts in night fighting, spirit of self-sacrifice; but serious problems: no joint cooperation, no ASW, no radar, no advances in aircraft design.

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15740

Marder, Arthur Jacob. Operation Menace: The Dakar Expedition and the Dudley North Affair. London: Oxford UP, 1976, 289 pp. Naval debacle.

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15741

Marder, Arthur Jacob. Portrait of an Admiral: The Life and Papers of Sir Herbert Richmond. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1952, 407 pp. Diary, 1909-1920; critic of Fisher reforms; founder of Naval Review; "the ablest officer of his generation"; later President, Naval War College & Imperial Defence College in 1920s; Vere Harmsworth Professor of Naval History, Cambridge to 1936.

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15742

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "The Royal Navy and the Ethiopian Crisis of 1935-1936." AHR, 75 (June 1970): 1327-56.

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15743

Marder, Arthur Jacob. "'Winston Is Back': Churchill at the Admiralty, 1939-1940." EnHR, Supplement # 5. London: Longman, 1972, 60 pp. Analysis of good & bad influences of Churchill at this crucial time; title from message from Admiralty upon return of Churchill in 1940; later, Martin Gilbert, biographer of Churchill, was unable to find the original message.

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15744

Margariti, Rexani Eleni. Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port. Chapel Hill: NCUP, 2007, 360 pp. 11th-13th centuries.

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