Infighting Admirals by Geoffrey Penn
The development of the Royal Navy during the latter 19th century was complicated by an intense rivalry between two admirals, Lord Beresford and Lord Fisher. Although their careers paralleled each other, the two men were different in virtually every way. Beresford came from a noble family, while Fisher earned his title after years of service. Fisher was involved in all the Royal Naval innovations of the pre-WI period, while Beresford supported a more traditional approach. Find out how this odd couple shaped the Royal Navy. Informative and readable.
This book is one of a number from Pen & Sword about the high profile feud that occurred in the first decade of the 20th century in the senior echelons of the Royal Navy about the need for changeOn the one hand the aristocratic, arrogant and highly popular Lord Charles Beresford, one of a number of senior naval commanders steeped in what he saw as the traditions of British sea power. On the other Jacky Fisher, a man of much humbler origins from a coffee plantation in Ceylon who had risen through the ranks by sheer determination and hard work to the top naval post of First Sea Lord and who saw it as his role to drag the Royal Navy into the 20th century, either willingly or kicking and screaming. This work not only tells us much about the Victorian and Edwardian navy but also about the social history of the period and the social situations of the various participants. - The Northern Mariner
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| ISBN 13 | 9780850527568 |
| ISBN 10 | 0850527562 |
| Title | Infighting Admirals |
| Author | Geoffrey Penn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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