Safeguarding the nation: the story of the modern Royal Navy

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"This history of the Royal Navy is an account of all the many campaigns, operations and deployments conducted around the world from the Cold War and the Cod Wars to the Falklands War and the Gulf Wars"--Publisher's description.;Genesis of the modern navy 1957-1959 -- Post-Imperial peace-keeping 1960-1964 -- The strategic nuclear deterrent and Beira Patrol 1965-1969 -- Evacuations, withdrawals and the group deployment concept 1970-1974 -- NATO Maritime Strategy in the North Atlantic and out-of-area group deployments 1975-1979 -- Operation Corporate: the Falklands Campaign 1980-1982 -- Reprieve, consolidation and Orient Express 1983-1985 -- Forward Maritime Strategy and the end of the Cold War 1986-1989 -- The Peace Dividend and the First Gulf War 1990-1992 -- Operation Grapple in the Adriatic 1993-1995 -- Ocean Wave 97 deployment and Operation Bolton 1996-1990 -- Operations Bolton, Palliser and Anaconda 1999-2001 -- The Second Gulf War-Operation Telic 2002-2004 -- Operations Telic and Herrick and the Fleet Review 2005-2006 -- Ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan 2007-2009 -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Notes -- Sources -- Ships of the Royal Navy -- Royal Navy operations 1957-2009 -- The British Empire and the Royal Navy -- First Sea Lords, Presidents and Chairmen of the White Ensign Association -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations. Genesis of the modern navy 1957-1959 -- Post-Imperial peace-keeping 1960-1964 -- The strategic nuclear deterrent and Beira Patrol 1965-1969 -- Evacuations, withdrawals and the group deployment concept 1970-1974 -- NATO Maritime Strategy in the North Atlantic and out-of-area group deployments 1975-1979 -- Operation Corporate: the Falklands Campaign 1980-1982 -- Reprieve, consolidation and Orient Express 1983-1985 -- Forward Maritime Strategy and the end of the Cold War 1986-1989 -- The Peace Dividend and the First Gulf War 1990-1992 -- Operation Grapple in the Adriatic 1993-1995 -- Ocean Wave 97 deployment and Operation Bolton 1996-1990 -- Operations Bolton, Palliser and Anaconda 1999-2001 -- The Second Gulf War-Operation Telic 2002-2004 -- Operations Telic and Herrick and the Fleet Review 2005-2006 -- Ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan 2007-2009 -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Notes -- Sources -- Ships of the Royal Navy -- Royal Navy operations 1957-2009 -- The British Empire and the Royal Navy -- First Sea Lords, Presidents and Chairmen of the White Ensign Association -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations.