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The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era: Ideas, Culture and Strategy

The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era: Ideas, Culture and Strategy

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19th Century United States HistoryBritish HistoryNaval History

ISBN10: 3319811819
ISBN13: 9783319811819
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jun 27 2018
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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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