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The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815: Management Competence and Incompetence
The British Navy's Victualling Board 17931815 Management Competence and Incompetence
Author: Janet Macdonald
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy increased its manpower from less than 20,000 to over 147,000 men, with a concomitant increase in the quantities of food and drink required to sustain them. The organisation responsible for this, the Victualling Board, performed its tasks using techniques and systems which it had...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781843835530
ISBN-10: 1843835533
Publication Date: 7/15/2010
Pages: 266
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Publisher: Boydell Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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