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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 216 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.38 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st American Doran edition ; 2 v. illus. 23 cm. LCCN 20005756 OCLC 290690 LC DA89.1.F5 A5 1920 green cloth with embossed designs and gold lettering ; no dustjackets ; slight wear to spine of volume one ; untrimmed ; Contents: Volume One: King Edward VII -- " The Moon Sways Oceans and Provokes the Hound " -- Admiral Von Pohl and Admiral von Tirpitz -- Economy is Victory -- The Dardanelles -- Abdul Hamid and the Pope A Jeu d'Esprit -- Naval War Staff and Admiralty Clerks -- Recapitulation of Deeds and Ideas -- Apologia pro Vita sua -- Nelson -- Letters to Lord Esher -- Americans -- Some Special Missions -- Some Personalities -- Things That Please Me -- Epilogue -- Volume Two: Early years -- Further memories of King Edward and others -- The Bible, and other reflections -- Episodes -- Democracy -- Public speeches -- The essentials of sea fighting -- Jonah's gourd -- Naval problems -- Naval education -- Submarines -- Notes on oil and oil engines -- The big gun -- Some predictions -- The Baltic project -- The navy in the war -- Postscript -- Appendix I: Lord Fisher's great naval reforms -- Appendix II: Synopsis of Lord Fisher's career. ; Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a Royal Navy officer. Fisher was chiefly recognised as an innovator, strategist, and architect of naval reform rather than as an operational admiral, although he held combat commands throughout his career. Appointed First Sea Lord in 1904, Fisher played a critical role in the Anglo-German naval arms race, helping to modernise the British navy ahead of the First World War.As First Sea Lord he drove the construction of HMS Dreadnought, the first all-big-gun battleship, but he also believed that submarines would become increasingly important and urged their development. He became involved with the introduction of turbine engines to replace reciprocating engines, and with the introduction of oil fuelling to replace coal. He introduced daily baked bread on board ships, whereas when he entered the service it was customary to eat hard biscuits, frequently infested by biscuit beetles. became First Sea Lord again in November 1914. He resigned seven months later in frustration over Winston Churchill's Gallipoli campaign, and then served as chairman of the Government's Board of Invention and Research until the end of the war. He took the punning motto "Fear God and dread nought" on his coat of arms as a reference to Dreadnought. In 1917 he accepted the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon, the highest of eight classes associated with the award, with the King's permission. ; VG/FINE. Book.