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Archive of the Edwardian Foreign Office: the Archaeology of a Collection and Its Use / Dunley, Richard

Dunley, Richard	Journal Article
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This analysis explores the history and structure of the archive of the Edwardian Foreign Office. It uses data and quantitative research methodology to address two crucial questions. What survives within the collection? And what can historians and others find using the regular discovery tools such as indexes and catalogues? It concludes by looking at how these processes shape the ways historians are using this collection; and in doing so, it provides a crucial new context for any historians using this hugely important source and poses some challenging questions about the nature of archival research methodology.

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Archaeology ; Edwardian Foreign Office

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End of the ‘lucky country’? Understanding the failure of the AUKUS policy debate / Dunley, Richard

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The Australian debate over AUKUS, and its strategic policy more generally, has been notable for its disjointed and incoherent nature. This article seeks to explain why, arguing that Australia has been the beneficiary of a remarkably benign strategic situation for nearly 80 years, something that has distorted our understanding of the underlying landscape.

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Australia ; Strategic Policy ; AUKUS Policy

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Operation Q: Churchill and Fisher’s Invasion of Germany, 1915? / Dunley, Richard

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British strategy during the First World War has long been a contentious issue, and whether the nation’s sea power could have been used to greater effect lies at the heart of the debate. This article presents new evidence to show that both Winston Churchill and Admiral Lord Fisher, the key figures in the Admiralty in the opening year of the war, focused on implementing a naval offensive against Germany throughout their time in office. The first stages of this operation came within hours of execution in May 1915. This revelation sheds new light on the wider British strategic approach and on the significance of the fall of the Fisher-Churchill regime for Britain’s grand strategy.

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Churchill ; 1915 ; Fisher’s Invasion of Germany

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Technology and tradition: mine warfare and the royal navy’s strategy of coastal assault, 1870–1890 / Dunley, Richard

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Naval power projection operations were an important tool in Victorian Britain’s strategic arsenal. From the 1860s technological change in the form of mines presented a major threat to the Royal Navy’s strategy of coastal assault. In order to continue to operate in this environment the Royal Navy proactively engaged with mining technology. Through this process it shaped the new technology to suit its particular strategic and cultural requirements. The war scares with Russia in 1878 and 1885 provided the impetus to operationalise these developments and highlighted how the Royal Navy and its coastal assault strategy remained an important facilitator of British policy.

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Mine Warfare ; Technology and Tradition ; Royal Navy’s Strategy ; Coastal Assault ; 1870–1890

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