British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none', one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America's vital economic interests. This book reveals that when the United States offered to substitute naval equality for its emerging naval supremacy, the British, nonetheless, used the resulting two major international arms-control conferences of the 1920s to ensure its continued naval dominance.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-10-27
Mått:158 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:630 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107056954

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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.

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'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

Innehållsförteckning

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.