ABSTRACT
This new book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s to World War Two, the Cold War and the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990. Successful adaptation to new conditions has been critical to all navies at all times.
List of illustrations, List of contributors, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, 1. Managing the aerial threat, 2. Amphibious warfare, 1930-1939, 3. Naval aviation, 1930-2000, 4. Welding and the British shipbuilding industry, 5. Anti submarine warfare, 1939-1945, 6. The Royal Navy and the challenge of the fast submarine, 1945-1954, 7. CVA-01, 8. The Royal Navy and the guided missile, 9. Amphibious operations 1945-1998, 10. Electronics and the Royal Navy, Select bibliography, Index
