Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

'This book will open many eyes as to the reality of Anglo-American naval antagonism in the first half of the twentieth century and deserves a wide readership.' Navy News

• Introduction; 1. Clashing world interests; 2. Washington conference legacy; 3. Beatty's Japanese war plan; 4. Churchill's challenge; 5. Beatty embraces arms control; 6. The general boards' new hope; 7. American arms-control politics; 8. Beatty takes control; 9. Combat equivalency; 10. Beatty's new strategies; 11. Conference shocks; 12. Hardening positions; 13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord; 14. Cabinet crisis; 15. Final efforts; 16. Breakdown and recriminations; 17. Conclusion.

Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

'This book will open many eyes as to the reality of Anglo-American naval antagonism in the first half of the twentieth century and deserves a wide readership.' Navy News

• Introduction; 1. Clashing world interests; 2. Washington conference legacy; 3. Beatty's Japanese war plan; 4. Churchill's challenge; 5. Beatty embraces arms control; 6. The general boards' new hope; 7. American arms-control politics; 8. Beatty takes control; 9. Combat equivalency; 10. Beatty's new strategies; 11. Conference shocks; 12. Hardening positions; 13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord; 14. Cabinet crisis; 15. Final efforts; 16. Breakdown and recriminations; 17. Conclusion.

Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

'This book will open many eyes as to the reality of Anglo-American naval antagonism in the first half of the twentieth century and deserves a wide readership.' Navy News

• Introduction; 1. Clashing world interests; 2. Washington conference legacy; 3. Beatty's Japanese war plan; 4. Churchill's challenge; 5. Beatty embraces arms control; 6. The general boards' new hope; 7. American arms-control politics; 8. Beatty takes control; 9. Combat equivalency; 10. Beatty's new strategies; 11. Conference shocks; 12. Hardening positions; 13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord; 14. Cabinet crisis; 15. Final efforts; 16. Breakdown and recriminations; 17. Conclusion.