Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Patronage

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  1. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    4:08:53How professional pipelines produce political groupthinkNotable Point
  2. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    2:22:06Why successful explorers were not always strong leadersQ&A
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    8:27:27Southern Rhodesia joining South Africa in 1910Q&A
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    8:47:14Recognition and patronage in a Victorian invention counterfactualNotable Point
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    3:12:09Haig's attempt to limit patronage in staff appointmentsNotable Point
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    3:40:33Exam entry and sponsored places at staff collegeQ&A
  7. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:04Royal Navy factions persist through patronage and strategyQ&A
  8. The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold
    1:45From unruly teenager to naval officerChapter
  9. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    4:15When competence threatens the chain of commandNotable Point
  10. A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin
    2:15:44Patronage can reward or suppress capable officersNotable Point
  11. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:57:12What an acting captaincy revealed about promotion and patronageNotable Point
  12. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    20:00Patronage and financial discipline in the East India CompanyNotable Point
  13. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    29:43Why Army patrons preferred a European warNotable Point
  14. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:40:48Why not try the whole council of war?Q&A
  15. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    0:41Rodney and the Royal Navy's officer factionsChapter
  16. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    28:54Patronage as professional talent managementNotable Point
  17. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    35:25Why admirals needed captains who could think for themselvesNotable Point
  18. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    38:10Newfoundland service and Admiralty influence in ParliamentChapter
  19. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:15:48Debt, Parisian exile, and Rodney's returnChapter
  20. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:54:09Why Rodney received no further fleetChapter
  21. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    2:00:58Tracing Rodney's command style across generationsNotable Point
  22. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    29:49Surviving the loss of family and patronageNotable Point
  23. Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 4
    1:11:27Beatty, Somerville, and the cost of choosing staff by connectionNotable Point
  24. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:03:14Military academies create alumni networks that sustain themQ&A
  25. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    3:20:19Porter's patronage connects the cruise to David FarragutNotable Point
  26. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    2:04:26Patronage did not excuse failure in the British officer classChapter
  27. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    2:28:56Wellington's small but specialised staffQ&A
  28. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    1:38:23Family connections could shape postings, not competenceNotable Point
  29. Battle of the Aegates, 241BC: Deciding the First Punic War (Long Patrol)
    28:18Patronage carries veteran cadres between commandsNotable Point
  30. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    0:38Patronage and professional merit in Beresford's careerChapter
  31. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    11:37The Hawaii incident and a protected careerChapter
  32. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    15:07Royal yachts and the machinery of patronageChapter
  33. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    29:41The Prince of Wales and a second royal-yacht postingNotable Point
  34. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    23:52Debt, complaints, and a protected transferNotable Point
  35. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    39:35Was Beresford's treatment normal for aristocratic midshipmen?Q&A
  36. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    51:11Duelling and Beresford's quarrel with the Prince of WalesQ&A
  37. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    1:09:18Could another officer have survived Beresford's record?Q&A
  38. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    2:07:32Why Beresford's peers protected himQ&A
  39. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    2:17:15Fisher, Beresford, and the battle for the Navy's futureNotable Point
  40. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    2:25:39Beresford and the gentrification of the NavyQ&A
  41. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    2:48:24How typical was Beresford of his class?Q&A
  42. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    14:57Continuous war as a professional filterChapter
  43. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    53:00Patronage, reputation, and officer developmentNotable Point
  44. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    1:46:42The professional requirements behind Royal Navy patronageNotable Point
  45. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune
    11:17Why Quilliam was placed in AmazonNotable Point
  46. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    1:39:00Talent and patronage in the Russian officer corpsNotable Point
  47. Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)
    16:34Did corruption keep the Temeraire program going?Q&A
  48. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:14:47Mountbatten as an example of patronage and rapid promotionQ&A
  49. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    20:27Mountbatten's strengths did not make him a complete commanderQ&A
  50. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    3:13:34Patronage did not remove the need for command experienceNotable Point
  51. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    2:03:18How Hornby learned diplomatic commandQ&A