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Professor '''Arthur Jacob Marder''', C.B.E. (8 March, 1910 – 25 December, 1980) was a naval historian from the United States of America who wrote a large number of well-received books on the history of the British [[Royal Navy]]. | Professor '''Arthur Jacob Marder''', C.B.E. (8 March, 1910 – 25 December, 1980) was a naval historian from the United States of America who wrote a large number of well-received books on the history of the British [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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| + | Barry Gough commented in his life of Marder: | ||
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| + | :Marder had always been keen to portray officers as uneducated in thinking about principles of war, something endemic to their training.<ref>Gough. ''Historical Dreadnoughts''. p. 121.</ref> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Professor Arthur Jacob Marder, C.B.E. (8 March, 1910 – 25 December, 1980) was a naval historian from the United States of America who wrote a large number of well-received books on the history of the British Royal Navy.
Assessment
Barry Gough commented in his life of Marder:
- Marder had always been keen to portray officers as uneducated in thinking about principles of war, something endemic to their training.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Gough. Historical Dreadnoughts. p. 121.
Bibliography
- "Professor Arthur Marder" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 29 December, 1980. Issue 60812, col F, pg. 12.
- Gough, Barry (2010). Historical Dreadnoughts: Arthur Marder, Stephen Roskill and Battles of Naval History. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-2.
