Naval Power in the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by N. A. M. Rodger (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 296
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Parameters of Power: The US Navy in the Twentieth Century....Pages 1-13
Luxury Fleet? The Sea Power of (Soviet) Russia....Pages 14-26
Imperial Germany and the Importance of Sea Power....Pages 27-40
The Opportunities of Technology: British and French Naval Strategies in the Pacific,1905–1909....Pages 41-58
French Naval Strategy: A Naval Power in a Continental Environment....Pages 59-65
The Indispensable Navy: Italy as a Great Power, 1911–43....Pages 66-76
Japan and Sea Power....Pages 77-87
German Naval Power in First and Second World Wars....Pages 88-100
Confusions and Constraints: The Navy and British Defence Planning, 1919–39....Pages 101-119
The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Royal Navy in the Second World War....Pages 120-133
Wings over the Sea: The Interaction of Air and Sea Power in the Mediterranean, 1940–42....Pages 134-150
Seizing the Initiative: The Arctic Convoys 1944–45....Pages 151-162
Blockade and the Royal Navy....Pages 163-176
Decolonisation and Coastal Operations in the East Indies, 1945–50....Pages 177-187
The Canadian Experience of Sea Power....Pages 188-199
Imperial Jetsam or National Guardians? The Navies of the Indian Sub-continent 1947–72....Pages 200-214
British Naval Planning Post-1945....Pages 215-226
Partnership Spurned: The Royal Navy’s Search for a Joint Maritime-Air Strategy East of Suez, 1961–63....Pages 227-241
American Naval Strategy in the Era of the Third World War: An Inquiry into the Structure and Process of General War at Sea, 1945–90....Pages 242-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-273

✦ Subjects

International Relations;World History, Global and Transnational History;Military and Defence Studies;Modern History

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