A life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham : a twentieth-century naval leader / Michael Simpson.

Author/creator Simpson, Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004.
Descriptionxvii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount, 1883-1963.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.
Admirals--Great Britain. --Biography.
Great Britain--History, Naval. --20th century.

SeriesCass series--naval policy and history ; 25]
Cass series--naval policy and history ; 25]. ^A384559
Contents Apprenticed to the Queen's Navy, 1883-1908 -- Cunningham, destroyers and the Mediterranean: a symbiotic relationship, 1908-18 -- Cowan's protégé, 1919-33 -- The Mediterranean: challenges and crises, 1934-39 -- The finest appointment: the Mediterranean Fleet, June 1939-June 1940 -- Mussolini's war, June-December 1940 -- Triumph into tragedy, January-May 1941 -- The caged tiger, June 1941-April 1942 -- King and the King's Navy, June-October 1942 -- Return to North Africa, October 1942-May 1943 -- The invasion of Sicily, May-August 1943 -- The invasion of Italy, September-October 1943 -- Becoming first sea lord, October 1943-June 1944 -- The pinnacle of a career, June 1944-May 1946 -- Facing the future, January 1945-June 1946 -- The long ebb tide, June 1946-June 1963.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
LCCN 2003061314
ISBN0714651974 (cloth)
ISBN0714684600 (pbk.)

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