| 17666 | Nylen, Erik & Lamm, Jan Peder. Stones, Ships and Symbols; The Picture Stones of Gotland from the Viking Age and Before. Stockholm: Gidlunds, 1988, 209 pp. Early use of sail meant advanced technological capabilities. |
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| 17667 | Oakeshott, R. Ewart. The Blindfold Game: "The Day" at Jutland. London: Pergamon, 1969, 128 pp. |
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| 17668 | Oakesthott, Walter. Founded Upon the Seas: A Narrative of Some English Maritime and Overseas Enterprises during the Period 1550 to 1616. Cambridge: Cambridge UP; Freeport: Books for Libraries, 1942, 1973, xii, 200 pp. Assessment of literature, e.g., Froude, Corbett, E.G.R. Taylor. |
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| 17669 | Oakley, Derek. The Falklands Military Machine. Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount, 1989, 192 pp. Folio; useful summary. |
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| 17670 | Oakley, Derek. Fiddler on the March: A Biography of Lt. Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn, KCVO, OBE, FRAM, Royal Marines. Portsmouth: Royal Marine Historical Society, 2000, 299 pp. Foreword: Prince Philip; Royal Marine Band. |
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| 17671 | Oakley, Gilbert. The History of the Rod and Other Corporal Punishment. London: Walton, 1964, 304 pp. By Oakley, "D.Psy"; sensationalized & superficial; exclamation points ubiquitious. |
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| 17672 | Oakley, Stewart P. War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790. War in Context Series. New York: Routledge, 1992, xvii, 222 pp. Rise & fall of Sweden; Muscovite state into Russia. |
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| 17673 | O'Balance, Edgar. Afghan Wars, 1839-1992: What Britain Gave Up and the Soviets Lost. London: Brassey, 1993, 259 pp. |
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| 17674 | O'Balance, Edgar. "The Falklands, 1982." See M. Bartlett, Assault from the Sea, pp. 429-36. |
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| 17675 | O'Balance, Edgar. The Gulf War. Elmsford: Pergamon, 1988, 232 pp. Iran-Iraq War of 1980s. |
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| 17676 | O'Balance, Edgar. Malaya: The Communist Insurgent War, 1948-1960. Hamden: Archon, 1966, 188 pp. 1st victory over Communist insurgent aggression. |
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| 17677 | O'Balance, Edgar. The Second Gulf War: About the Liberation of Kuwait. Bromley: Galago, 1992, 270 pp. |
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| 17678 | [O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis.] A Candid and Impartial Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet under the Command of Lord Howe. London, 1799. Anonymous, by the chaplain. |
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| 17679 | [O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis.] Considerations on the Principles of Naval Discipline and Naval Courts-Martial in Which the Doctrines Lately Laid Down in the House of Commons upon Those Subjects Are Examined, and the Conduct of the Courts-Martial on Admiral Keppel and Sir Hugh Palliser Are Compared. London: Almon & Debrett, 1781, 192 pp. |
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| 17680 | Ober, F.A. Sir Walter Raleigh. Heroes of American History Series. New York, 1909, 303 pp. |
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| 17681 | Oberg, Michael Leroy. The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania UP, 2008, xvi, 205 pp. Colony of Raleigh; from Indian perspective; speculative. |
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| 17682 | Obeyesehere, Gananath. The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific. Princeton: Princeton UP; Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1992, xvii, 251 pp. Response to Marshall Sahlins; intricate & complex argument; passionate; Europeans, not Hawaiians, made Cook a God; additional agenda: inserted much about Sri Lankan nationalism. |
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| 17683 | Obeyesehere, Gananath. "'British Cannibals': Contemplation of an Event in the Death and Resurrection of James Cook, Explorer." Critical Inquiry, 18 (Summer 1992): 630-54. |
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| 17684 | Obin, Alan, ed. Bibliography of Nautical Books, 1987: Shipping, Naval Maritime, Engineering Books: Books in Print, Forthcoming and Recently Out of Print. Southampton: Warash Nautical Bookshop, 1987, 1995, 685 pp. |
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| 17685 | O'Brian, Patrick. Blue at the Mizzen. New York: Norton; London: HarperCollins, 1999, 262 pp. Fiction; Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin Series, # 20; extraordinarily successful nautical fiction writer whose best-sellers were set in Nelson era; real name: Richard Patrick Russ, born in London, 1914 (changed to O'Brian in 1945; also, not Irish, as claimed); died January 2000 in Dublin; novel # 21 unfinished; popular spin-offs: Patrick O'Brian Association with Newsletter, Internet Chat Room, CDs, biographies, music, cooking, dictionaries, cult readings, cruises, TV programmmes & interviews, spectacular movie, Master and Commander, symposia. |
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