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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/66
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Chapter XIII "On the Oceans", originally titled Chapter XII "Cruisers and Convoys".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/74
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Appendices A: Memorandum by the First Lord on Naval Staff Training and Development, May 1914 C: Memorandum by the First Lord Trade Protection on and after the outbreak of War, Apr 1914 E: First Lord's minutes on the Formation of the Royal Naval Division Annotated proofs and typescripts.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/123
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Marked proofs of Chapter 14 "In the Narrow Seas".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 01 Apr 1923 - 05 Oct 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/46
Scope and Contents Letters of thanks and congratulation: Correspondents include : Louis Loucheur; George Lambert; H H Asquith (later Lord Oxford and Asquith); Philip Tilden; Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty; Lord Esher; C P Scott; Lord Rosebery; W Graham Greene; Lord Carson; General Sir Ian Hamilton; Lord Weir; Lord Long; Elutherios Venizelos; Sir Laming Worthington Evans; Lord Stamfordham (on behalf of King George V); Margot Asquith (later Lady Oxford and Asquith); 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold...
Dates: 01 Apr 1923 - 05 Oct 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/59
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Chapter VI "The Romance of Design" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/60
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Chapter VII "The North Sea Front" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/67
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Chapter XIV "In the Narrow Seas", originally titled "The Dunkirk Guerrilla" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/68
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Chapter XV "Antwerp" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 26 Oct 1911 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/179
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Notes and material by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson for World Crisis Volume 1, Chapters 1-4.

Dates: 26 Oct 1911 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1921 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/180
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Pre-war: Notes and materials, including official papers, notes on Anglo-German relations up to 1914, biographical notes on Prince Louis of Battenberg [later Lord Milford Haven], speeches and cuttings on the Naval Estimates, 1914 [mainly typescript, some printed and manuscript material].

Dates: 1921 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1921 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/181
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Notes and materials from the outbreak of War to the end of Dec, 1914, including WSC's account of his first meeting with Lord Kitchener in 1898, and Kitchener's appointment as Secretary of State for War, 1914, Official Report on Antwerp Operations, Oct 1914 [printed]; extract from Official History of the Great War on Antwerp; letter from James Edmonds, Official Historian, attaching note on the Serbian Theatre of War, 1914; notes on Sir Julian Corbett's Official History of the War at Sea.

Dates: 1921 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis - Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/128
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Marked proofs of Chapter 19 "With Fisher at the Admiralty".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/61
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Chapter VIII "The Naval Estimates of 1914, published as "Ireland and the European Balance" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/73
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Chapter XXI "The End of the Beginning" Manuscript and annotated typescript - does not appear in published version.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/118
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Marked proofs of Chapter 9 "The Crisis", with copies of Admiralty Telegrams, 1914.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/119
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Marked proofs of Chapter 10 "The Mobilisation of the Army".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/120
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Marked proofs of Chapter 11 "The Passage of the Army", with copies of Admiralty Telegrams, 1914.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/121
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Marked proofs of Chapter 12 "The Battle in France".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/63
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Chapter IX, "The Crisis - July 24 - July 30 [1914]" Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/125
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Marked proofs of Chapter 16 "The Channel Ports", with handwritten drafts of three letters from WSC to Sir John French [later Lord Ypres], Oct 1914.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/127
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Marked proofs of Chapter 18 "Coronel and the Falklands".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2:., 02 Jan 1924 - 31 Dec 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/197
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Letters of congratulation on publication of "The World Crisis", Volume 2.

Dates: 02 Jan 1924 - 31 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2., 1921 - 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/182
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Notes and material including notes by James Edmonds; Staff College paper on The Baltic, 1914; papers on submarines and tanks [mainly typescript, some manuscript and printed papers].

Dates: 1921 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis - Volume 2., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/140
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Marked proofs of Chapter 8 "The Genesis of the Military Attack", with manuscript and annotated typescript.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The World Crisis - Volume 2., 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/141
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Marked proofs of Chapter 9 "The Fall of the Outer Forts and the Second Greek Offer".

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open