Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy
Author:   Patrick J. Kelly
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253355935


Pages:   608
Publication Date:   03 May 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britain's command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz was well equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate German defense policy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, he enthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitious building program for battleships and battle cruisers. Based on exhaustive archival research, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth of the modern navy.

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Author:   Patrick J. Kelly
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9780253355935


ISBN 10:   0253355931
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   03 May 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Tirpitz's Early Life 3. The Aspirant, 1865–1870 4. The Young Officer, 1870–1877: A Taste of War 5. The Creation of the German Torpedo Arm, 1877–1889 6. Interim, 1889–1891 7. Oberkommando der Marine, 1892–1895 8. On the Verge of Power, 1895–1897 9. Tirpitz Ascendant, 1897–1898 10. The Second Navy Law, 1899–1900 11. The ""Quiet"" Years, 1900–1906 12. Sow the Wind, 1906–1908 13. The Whirlwind Rises, 1908–1911 14. Denouement, 1911–1914 15. Tirpitz at War, August 1914–March 1916 16. Uncommon Recessional, 1916–1930 17. Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index"

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"""Beyond its great interest for naval and military historians regardless of specialization, this work will be required reading for any... historian of the Second Reich and the interwar period... and for those fascinated by the eternal query, 'Who or what caused the outbreak of the First World War?'"" Eric C. Rust, author of Naval Officers Under Hitler: The Story of Crew 34"


Beyond its great interest for naval and military historians regardless of specialization, this work will be required reading for any... historian of the Second Reich and the interwar period... and for those fascinated by the eternal query, 'Who or what caused the outbreak of the First World War?' Eric C. Rust, author of Naval Officers Under Hitler: The Story of Crew 34


""Beyond its great interest for naval and military historians regardless of specialization, this work will be required reading for any... historian of the Second Reich and the interwar period... and for those fascinated by the eternal query, 'Who or what caused the outbreak of the First World War?'"" Eric C. Rust, author of Naval Officers Under Hitler: The Story of Crew 34


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Patrick J. Kelly is Professor of History at Adelphi University.

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