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The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era Ideas, Culture and Strategy
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The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era [electronic resource] : Ideas, Culture and Strategy / edited by Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler.
ISBN
9783319320373
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Physical Description
XXIV, 328 p. 13 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
This volume examines the transformation of British and US naval policy from 1870 to 1889, which resulted in the British Naval Defence Act (1889), the construction of the first modern US battleships, and began the naval arms race which culminated in World War One. In examining the development of strategic thinking in the Royal and US Navies, it overturns conventional wisdom regarding genesis of the Naval Defence Act and the US Navy’s about-face from a defensive to an offensive strategic orientation. It pays particular attention to activities of the key individuals in both countries’ navies, who were instrumental in transforming their respective services’ organizational culture. This study will be of interest not only to historians but to political scientists, sociologists, and others working in the fields of international relations, strategic studies, policy analysis, and military learning, adaptation and innovation. It is also essential reading for those interested in the naval arms race during this period.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 06, 2016
Contents
Editor’s introduction
PART I: OVERVIEW
1. Introduction
2. Explaining strategic choices in military institutions: theoretical models
PART II: THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF BRITISH NAVAL POLICY, 1870-1889
3. The royal navy and the 1889 naval defence act: history and historiography
4. Ideas and institutions: the development of officer education, strategic thinking, and intelligence collection in the royal navy, 1870-1888
5. Professionals, politicians, the press, and the public: the “navy scare” of 1888-1889
PART III: STRATEGIC RECONFIGURATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1873-1889
6. British ideas in an American context: the underpinnings of strategic debate and organizational maturity, 1873-1884
7. The navalist triumph: politicians, professionals, and the fight for the direction of American naval policy, 1885-1889
PART IV
8. Conclusion.
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