THE GREAT EDWARDIAN NAVAL FEUD-BERESFORD'S VENDETTA AGAINST'JACKIE'FISHER

摘要

Regular readers of Headmark book reviews will recall the recent review of Historical Dreadnoughts, the 'history wars' between Professor Arthur Marder and Captain Stephen Roskill, the great historians of the Royal Navy in the 20th century. This book, The Great Edwardian Naval Feud, is the story of an earlier struggle, that between the titans of the Royal Navy, the volcanic genius Admiral John 'Jackie' Fisher and the patrician and folk hero Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (universally known as '"Charlie B").