Book Review: Flawed Victory: Jutland 1916
In: War in history, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 371-372
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In: War in history, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 371-372
ISSN: 1477-0385
In: War in history, Band 10, Heft 4, S. 484-486
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In: War in history, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 125-156
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The private secretaries, eventually private offices, of the lords of Admiralty and under-secretaries grew in importance, undertaking one function in particular that proved of value during total war - liaison. A basic division grew between the civilian and the military. By 1939-45, the sea lords' offices are more properly described as personal military staffs. The private office of the first lord, on the other hand, had developed from a purely personal instrument of the minister's into a crucial adjunct to the machinery under the permanent secretary, and was even part of a network that spread over Whitehall and beyond.
In: War in history, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 104-106
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In: War in history, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 295-324
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By early 1943 the OIC was almost fully developed, and had long been a vital part of the naval war effort. The staff processed a mass of intelligence, including decrypts from Bletchley Park, and passed it on as necessary for operational exploitation, often accompanied by good advice. The work was hectic and highly demanding, made more difficult by the cramped conditions of the offices, in the Admiralty `Citadel'. The OIC had been set up in 1937, but only the sinking of Glorious in 1940 finally consolidated its position. It depended increasingly on pay officers, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and civilian graduates, including women, and also in other ways was anomalous from the prewar naval staff point of view, even if it never became as `long hair' as Bletchley Park. The war forced the OIC to adapt, but it did not expand greatly after 1940. The chief personnel followed a cherished naval tradition, and strove to do their job with the resources at hand. They were encouraged to do this by restrictions on recruitment and space, but there was also the brief that the best results were gained by depending on a comparatively small number of first-class people, and overloading them with work.
In: War in history, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 365-367
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In: Water and environment journal, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 89-93
ISSN: 1747-6593
AbstractThere is a significant amount of energy in the carbonaceous component of sewage sludge. Effective use can be made of this energy through conversion to the gaseous state followed by gas cleaning and subsequent firing of a gas turbine.This paper (a) compares the technology for the gasification of dried sewage sludge, noting the advantages in favour of fuelling a gas turbine, (b) reviews the significance of the individual components in sewage sludge, and (c) provides a brief introduction to a demonstration project which was embarked upon by Northumbrian Water in conjunction with Lurgi, with the financial support of an ECU Thermie Grant.
In: War in history, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 37-61
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In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 74-88
ISSN: 1743-937X
In: A journal of church and state: JCS, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 465-472
ISSN: 2040-4867
In: Population index, Band 27, Heft 4, S. 297
In: The journal of economic history, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 120-121
ISSN: 1471-6372
In: Journal of political economy, Band 55, Heft 6, S. 579-580
ISSN: 1537-534X
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 53, Heft 1, S. 75-76
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The southwestern social science quarterly, Band 20, S. 397-406
ISSN: 0276-1742