From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume IV: 1917, Year of Crisis

From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, #4

by Arthur J. Marder

Volume III in this definitive WWI naval history presents an in-depth analysis of the Battle of Jutland, with a new introduction by historian Barry Gough. Arthur Marder's five-volume history From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow is one of the finest contributions to naval history, chronicling the dramatic conflicts of the First World War with an “unrivalled mastery of sources” and “a gift of simple narrative” (A.J.P. Taylor).

The third volume presents an in-depth analysis of the clash between the German High Seas fleet and the British Grand Fleet and Battlecruiser Fleet at Jutland, as well as its immediate aftermath. Marder's intricate charting of this great battle is still recognized as the authoritative statement on these events. A new introduction by Barry Gough, the distinguished Canadian maritime and naval historian, assesses the importance of Marder's work and anchors it firmly amongst the great naval narrative histories of this era.

Genres: Naval History

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

The son of Maxwell J. Marder and Ida Greenstein, Arthur Jacob Marder was raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in 1931, his master's degree in 1934, and his Ph.D. in 1936 with a study of British naval policy 1880-1905.

Reviews

[Bobble Hat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marder’s masterly history reaches the potential for Britain to be knocked out of the war by commerce warfare. Well told and researched as with the whole series.