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Find sources: "Andrew Gordon" naval historian – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Dr Andrew Gordon Born Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon (1951-07-23) 23 July 1951 (age 69) United Kingdom Occupation Academic, maritime war historian Education Glenalmond College Alma mater Aberystwyth University King's College London Military career Allegiance  United Kingdom Service/branch  Royal Navy (Reserve) Rank Lieutenant Commander Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon (born 23 July 1951) is a British academic maritime war historian, who wrote the First World War history The Rules of the Game (Jutland & the British Naval Command) (1996). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Publications 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Early life[edit] Gordon received his early formal education at Glenalmond College, in Perthshire, Scotland. He received a BSc in Economics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a PhD (1987) in War Studies from King's College London, University of London.[1] He formerly held the rank of Lieutenant Commander at HMS President (shore establishment), the London base of the British Royal Naval Reserve.[2] Career[edit] Gordon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and assisted with the drafting of British Maritime Doctrine (BR 1806), and Fighting Instructions.[2] He first publication was his doctoral thesis, entitled 'British Sea Power and Procurement between the Wars' (1988).[2] In 1996 he published a study of the British Grand Fleet's leadership in action against the Imperial German Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, entitled The Rules of the Game (1996).[2] He appeared as a filmed interview contributor in the television documentary Jutland: Clash of the Dreadnoughts (2004).[3] In its Summer 2006 edition, History Today published an article by Brian James,[4] describing how three military historians, Christina Goulter and Gary Sheffield as well as Gordon, who teach on the higher command and staff course at Shrivenham, had reached the conclusion that it was the Royal Navy and not the Royal Air Force that prevented a German invasion of the British Isles in 1940 during the Second World War. The article quotes Andrew Gordon stating "It really is time to put away this enduring myth. To claim that Germany failed to invade in 1940 because of what was done by phenomenally brave and skilled young men of Fighter Command is hogwash. The Germans stayed away because while the Royal Navy existed they had not a hope in hell of capturing these islands. The Navy had ships in sufficient numbers to have overwhelmed any invasion fleet." On publication the article drew some attention, despite it not being a wholly original new thesis, having been first posited by Duncan Grinnell-Milne in his book Silent Victory (1940). From 2007-2009 Gordon was on loan to the United States Naval Academy from his position as Reader in Maritime History at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham, in Wiltshire.[5] As of October 2018, he is writing a biography of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay due for publication in April 2019. Publications[edit] Admiral of the Narrow Seas: The Life of Bertram Ramsay (2019). Penguin Books. British Sea power and Procurement between the Wars: A Reappraisal of Rearmament (1988). (Commercial publication of a doctoral thesis).[6] The Rules of the Game (Jutland and British Naval Command) (1996).[7] Awards[edit] Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature (1997). Longman-History Today Awards Book of the Year Prize (1997). See also[edit] Christina Goulter, military historian Gary Sheffield, naval historian References[edit] ^ Gordon's Linkedin profile (2019). https://uk.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gordon-583a7541 ^ a b c d "Dr Andrew Gordon". King's People. King's College London. Retrieved 27 January 2020. ^ Entry for Jutland: Clash of the Dreadnoughts' (2014) in IMDb (2019). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6584022/ ^ History Today: Europe, Vol 56 Issue 9, August 2006. ^ Profile of Gordon at the U.S. Naval Academy website (2019). https://www.usni.org/people/andrew-gordon-0 ^ Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1988 ^ London: John Murray, 1996, paperback 2000. External links[edit] Andrew Gordon’s Profile Guardian story about History Today article Authority control GND: 1063746981 ISNI: 0000 0000 8253 0005 LCCN: n88014264 NTA: 073423653 SUDOC: 17732189X VIAF: 65545171 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n88014264 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Gordon_(naval_historian)&oldid=966335742" Categories: English naval historians British historians Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of King's College London Living people Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Royal Navy officers 1951 births Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel Hidden categories: Articles with short description Articles with short description added by PearBOT 5 Short description is different from Wikidata BLP articles lacking sources from June 2018 All BLP articles lacking sources Use dmy dates from April 2012 Pages using infobox military person with embed Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 6 July 2020, at 14:26 (UTC). 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