About this title: When hundreds of warships belonging to the two most powerful fleets in the world clashed off the coast of Denmark in 1916, the encounter had the potential to reshape the political map forever. However, there were devastating failures of communication and command and, while the Battle of Jutland met Britain's strategic need for continued maritime ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781557509710ISBN:1557509719
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xii, 708 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 23 cm. First published, 1996. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781557507181ISBN:155750718X
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 155750718X. A sharp copy! ; 2.25 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 708 pages; Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Date Published: 3/1/1997
ISBN-13:9781557507181ISBN:155750718X
Description: New. 155750718X "Hardback with jacket-Jacket has some wrinkles on edge. Clean white pages with tight binding: NO marks, writing or stickers inside or out! From a pet-FREE, Smoke-FREE warehouse. Maybe a hint of edge wear from shelving. We ship to APO, FPO & Internationally. And...Thank you! " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781557507181ISBN:155750718X
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 155750718X. Xii, 708 pages, 8 plates, diagrams, cloth, DJ, very good. From the dust jacket: "The Battle of Jutland became an enduring source of controversy not so much over the outcome but rather over the handling of the much superior British fleet. There had clearly been important failures of communication and command. This book explores those failures, revealing their origin in conflicting styles of command and different understandings of the rules of the ... read more
Description: 0719550769 40 Illus. 650 Pages. 16 x 24cms. Good in D/W. The contoversy over the handling of the superior Britsh Fleet. Explores the failure of communications & command originating in conflicting styles & different understandings of the rules of the game. Going back to the assumed superiority of the VictorianNavy trying to assimilate the advances of technology for future combat in the artificial conditions of peacetime. There emerges genius, tragedy & passive corruption. The Jutland background ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland
Date Published: 1996
Description: Very good copy in dj. Jutland and British Naval Command. 708 pgs. Includes 40 black and white illustrations, and maps, notes, bibliography, and index. read more
"Meticulously researched study of not only the Battle of Jutland itself but also a pretty fair general history of the British Navy from Tralfalgar to Jutland. Obviously written by a Naval officer, this is sort of work that military history should be and so seldom is. First rate."
"This book does two things extremely well. The first and last quarter offer a superb analysis of the Battle of Jutland. Using the "signals manual" as its Rosetta stone the middle half gives an amazing accounting of how Victorian and Edwardian society impacted the culture of the Royal Navy between Nelson and WW1. This is history writing of the highest order. Unforgettable stuff. You'll never look at the Battle of Jutland the same after reading it."
"This was a good book on British naval cuture and its impact on its battle command at the battle of Jutland. At times it was very technical and detailed, but overall it was a very good book. I read it at a time where I could apply it to a particular style of centralized command in CSTC-A. Some of the similarities were quite interesting. It is a good book to lead into a discussion on what is the nature of the future war you intend to fight and what is the best form of a battle command to fight that war. Once you have decided that, what is the best organizational culture to develop and implement that battle command. This is going to be a greater and greater problem in the US Army as we move back into garrison. Our war experience shows the need for independent and adaptive company grade officers. Our garrison culture creates company grade officers who are rewarded for following orders and not blazing a new path. This will be a challenge for us in the years ahead."
"Andrew Gordon's book The Rules of the Game is a difficult book to read and a difficult book to recommend and a difficult book to dismiss. Gordon's book is not difficult to read because it is poorly written. To the contrary, the author's style is very graceful, sometimes funny and always logical. The hurdle most readers will have to get over is the book's subject matter. The Rules of the Game is a book about the Naval Battle of Jutland-the clash between the United Kingdom's Grand Fleet and Germany's High Seas Fleet on May 31-June 1, 1916. The outcome was nothing like either side anticipated and, although both claimed victory, neither accomplished what they wanted. Andrew Gordon takes his readers through a lot of very technical detail. Some of the material went way over this reader's land-lubbing head. But the author is adept at providing context that caries the narrative along. More important, and more enjoyable to read, Gordon plumbs the depths of the Royal Navy's character during the Edwardian period. His book is not just a well crafted combat narrative. It is also an in-depth look at the creation and evolution of a military culture and the effect of custom and technology. Without a doubt it should be required reading for anyone who plans or has a career in the armed forces. The lessons about the differences in a peace time and war time military are very important. In fact anyone interested on the effect of technology on culture will find this book of great interest. And anyone interested in what makes people tick will find a wealth of material for thought. Gordon is good at keeping himself honest. He tells the reader when and why he is making suppositions or assumptions and explains where his ideas lead and why they could be wrong. And he respects his subject. He avoids-or at least acknowledges-judging by hind-site and has sympathy and understanding for the sailors at Jutland. After the battle began a war of reputations. The naval tactics and the combat assumptions used at Jutland by the two British commanders were out of synch and often at odds. A bitter brawl broke out inside the Royal Navy between men personally loyal to Admiral David Beatty and those who agreed with Admiral John Jellicoe. Gordon's book sifts through the controversies with intelligence. And he makes a good case that the officers involved-easily portrayed as Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta sailors-where something else entirely. They were not fools, Gordon asserts. But they may have been made fools of."
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