The Royal Australian Navy in World War II / edited by David Stevens.
| Other author | Stevens, David, 1958- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2005. |
| Description | xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Royal Australian Navy in World War Two |
| Contents | Australian naval policy 1939-45 / James Goldrick -- 'Send for a naval officer' : HMAS Adelaide at Noumea in 1940 / David Stevens -- The Royal Australian Navy in the Mediterranean / Eric Grove -- The Scrap Iron Flotilla 1940-1941 : a personal account / Bill Reeve -- HMAS Sydney in World War II / Peter Hore -- Australians in midget submarines / Ray Worledge -- The Pacific war : a strategic overview / Jozef Straczek -- Forging an alliance? The American naval commitment to the South Pacific 1940-42 / Ian Cowman -- The contribution of industry to Navy's war in the Pacific / Chris Clark -- Savo in retrospect / Bruce Loxton -- South-West Pacific Sea frontiers : sea power in the Australian context / David Stevens -- Touching on Fairmiles / Marsden Hordern -- The RAN Hydrographic Branch 1942-45 / John G. Betty -- The forgotten bases : The Royal Navies in the Pacific 1945 / David Brown -- The effect of World War II on RAN-RN relations / Alastair Cooper -- Willing volunteers, resisting society, reluctant Navy : the troubled first years of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service / Kathryn Spurling -- 'Something peculiar to themselves' : the social background of the Navy's officers in World War II / Jason Sears -- First to a flag : the life of Rear Admiral H. B. Farncomb, CB, DSO, MVO, RAN / A. W. Grazebrook -- Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB, RAN / A. W. Grazebrook -- The intrigue master : Commander R. B. M. Long, RAN, of Naval Intelligence / Barbara Winter -- The Royal Australian Navy in World War II : further reading / Joe Straczek. |
| General note | Previous ed.: 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-301) and index. |
| ISBN | 1741141842 |