Overview

These essays explore the link between the naval strength and global power of Great Britain and the United States from 1815 to the present. The British Way of Warfare assumed that the country with control of the sea could ensure safe and rapid communications for its commerce. The American theory of naval strategy, on the other hand, assumed that one had to engage the enemy in order to assure command of the sea. These case studies illustrate once again that naval history must include cultural, economic, political, and social contexts.

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Author:   Roch Legault ,  Professor Keith Neilson ,  Elizabeth Jane Errington
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780275948986

ISBN 10:   0275948986
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 November 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Keith Neilson and Elizabeth Jane Errington Imperial Naval Defense: Then and Now by Donald M. Schurman Alfred Thayer Mahan and American Naval Theory by John B. Hattendorf Sir Julian Corbett and the British Way in Naval Warfare: Problems of Effectiveness and Implementation by Geoffrey Till The Royal Navy 1856-1914: Deterrence and the Strategy of World Power by A. D. Lambert The Apotheosis of Mahan: American Naval Strategy, 1889-1922 by Kenneth J. Hagan The Royal Navy and the Defense of the British Empire, 1914-1918 by David French The British Navy, 1918-1945 by G.A.H. Gordon The American Navy, 1922-1945 by Nathan Miller Sea Power for Containment: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War by Colin S. Gray The Future of Sea Power by Holger H. Herwig Selected Bibliography Index

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A collection of 10 essays by an international panel of historians provides a comprehensive account of the tide of change and continuity which has characterized the employment of sea power. -Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Bulletin ?A collection of 10 essays by an international panel of historians provides a comprehensive account of the tide of change and continuity which has characterized the employment of sea power.?-Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Bulletin

?A collection of 10 essays by an international panel of historians provides a comprehensive account of the tide of change and continuity which has characterized the employment of sea power.?-Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Bulletin

Author Information

KEITH NEILSON teaches History at the Royal Military College of Canada. Neilson writes on Anglo-Russian relations. ELIZABETH JANE ERRINGTON teaches History at the Royal Military College of Canada. She is an historian of colonial America.

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