Author Results for Howard J. Fuller
Book Review-‘The Royal Navy, China Station: 1861–1941’ by J. Parkinson
Subtitled ‘A History as seen through the careers of the Commanders in Chief’, this important new work notes that it was not until April 1864 that China was noted for the first time as a separate station from its prior connection to East India. By then Britain had fought and won its two ‘Opium’ wars […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Other (Nineteenth C)
Subjects include: Strategy & Diplomacy
The Whole Character of Maritime Life: British Reactions to the USS Monitor and the American Ironclad Experience
This paper examines the reactions of the British Government, the Royal Navy and the general population of Great Britain to the success of the USS Monitor in the American Civil War. Its controversial design and success opened debate in the United Kingdom as to the future design of British warships and their future role in […] Read More
Filed under: American Civil War
Subjects include: Navies | Shipbuilding & Design