The Foundations of Naval History: John Knox Laughton, the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession
In the decades before World War 1, as the world's navies grappled with new technologies, naval officers struggled for new doctrines and historians developed new methods. [...]it existed in a vacuum and was more national mythology than substantive history. Beginning with historical case studies,...
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Published in | The Journal of Military History Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 1169 - 1170 |
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Format | Book Review Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Lexington
George C. Marshall Foundation and the Virginia Military Institute
01.10.2000
Society for Military History |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | In the decades before World War 1, as the world's navies grappled with new technologies, naval officers struggled for new doctrines and historians developed new methods. [...]it existed in a vacuum and was more national mythology than substantive history. Beginning with historical case studies, he used document-based research to attack the myths and thereby bolster professional development. |
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ISSN: | 0899-3718 1543-7795 |
DOI: | 10.2307/2677293 |