Battle of Jutland

A major new account of the Battle of Jutland based on contemporary sources, examining the influence of technology, tactics and leadership.

List of contents

1. Building the battlefleets; 2. Technologies; 3. Orders for battle; 4. Preliminaries; 5. The run to the south; 6. The run to the north; 7. Around windy corner; 8. The remains of the day; 9. Night and morning; 10. Technology and tactics; 11. An unpalatable result; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

John Brooks read Natural and Electrical Sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, before pursuing an industrial career in computing and telecommunications. After the publication of his first historical paper on circular dividing engines in 1992, Dr Brooks joined the Department of War Studies at King's College London. His 2001 doctoral thesis was the basis of his book Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control (2005), which was the first work to challenge the then widely accepted views of 'revisionist' naval historians. Dr Brooks has also published articles on naval fire control, ordnance, policy and tactics, as well as articles for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Summary

The Battle of Jutland, fought between the British and German fleets in 1916, was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War. John Brooks presents a full account of the Battle, based on contemporary sources, which offers challenging new interpretations of the action and of its technologies, tactics and leadership.

Product details

• Authors: John Brooks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781316604502
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60450-2
• No. of pages: 595
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories; Cambridge Military Histories (
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology