How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61*
Abstract This article describes the origins of the first ‘cod war’ between Britain and Iceland in 1958–61. First, it examines the underlying factors which made it very likely that a fishing dispute of some kind would break out between the two countries. Second, it describes the actual events of 1958...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2004.00222.x 2024-05-19T07:42:34+00:00 How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* Jóhannesson, Gudni Thorlacius 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2004.00222.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1468-2281.2004.00222.x http://academic.oup.com/histres/article-pdf/77/198/543/31573957/j.1468-2281.2004.00222.x.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Historical Research volume 77, issue 198, page 543-574 ISSN 0950-3471 1468-2281 journal-article 2004 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2004.00222.x 2024-04-25T07:57:34Z Abstract This article describes the origins of the first ‘cod war’ between Britain and Iceland in 1958–61. First, it examines the underlying factors which made it very likely that a fishing dispute of some kind would break out between the two countries. Second, it describes the actual events of 1958, when the Icelanders extended their fishing limits to twelve nautical miles and the Royal Navy was sent to protect British trawlers from harassment by Icelandic gunboats. The article is based on archival sources in Britain, Iceland, the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oxford University Press Historical Research 77 198 543 574 |
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Abstract This article describes the origins of the first ‘cod war’ between Britain and Iceland in 1958–61. First, it examines the underlying factors which made it very likely that a fishing dispute of some kind would break out between the two countries. Second, it describes the actual events of 1958, when the Icelanders extended their fishing limits to twelve nautical miles and the Royal Navy was sent to protect British trawlers from harassment by Icelandic gunboats. The article is based on archival sources in Britain, Iceland, the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark. |
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How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* |
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How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* |
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How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* |
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How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* |
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How ‘cod war’ came: the origins of the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute, 1958–61* |
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