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Fear of Invasion
Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2017
499 kr
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The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant toprepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British ''grand'' strategy.The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a ''very insidious'' effect on the Navy by theoutbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy.
Fear of Invasion
Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen
E-bok
Engelska, 2017
494 kr
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The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant toprepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British ''grand'' strategy.The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a ''very insidious'' effect on the Navy by theoutbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy.
Seapower at War
British Strategy, 1914–-1918
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
492 kr
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The familiar story of Britain's First World War is one of massed armies of citizen soldiers on the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East. This book offers a fresh perspective, placing the seas and oceans at the forefront of how Britain fought between 1914 and 1918.Britain was the world's maritime power. British coal, ships, businesses, and infrastructure were crucial to seaborne trade. The City of London was the global financial centre. These enviable advantages were a source of prestige and power. Their geopolitical potency was latent in peacetime, but after the outbreak of war Britain exploited its influence over the maritime world to orchestrate a novel form of warfare on a global basis. The sea allowed Britain to fight a war of machines and mobility, and to mobilise vast economic resources in the process. In 1914 it was unclear how to translate Britain's maritime and economic position into wartime advantage. It required new forms of interaction between the state and the economy. Maritime business possessed knowledge and expertise that became crucial to how the state made war. Complex new arrangements between business and the state were necessary to meet the demands of conflict. Through them, Britain combined commercial networks and state power to embark upon an ambitious project of economic statecraft. This endeavour sought to re-make global trade in pursuit of coalition war-making in the industrial age. The sea was crucial to this process, and seapower epitomized how Britain fought the First World War.
The Fear of Invasion
Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
1 642 kr
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The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant to prepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British 'grand' strategy. The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a 'very insidious' effect on the Navy by the outbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy.
The Fear of Invasion
Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
562 kr
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The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914. It argues that protecting the British Isles from invasion was the foundation upon which all other plans for the defence of the Empire were built up. Home defence determined the amount of resources available for other tasks and the relative focus of the Army and Navy, as both played an important role in preventing an invasion. As politicians were reluctant to prepare for offensive British participation in a future war, home defence became the means by which the government contributed to an ill-defined British 'grand' strategy. The Royal Navy formed the backbone of British defensive preparations. However, after 1905 the Navy came to view the threat of a German invasion of the British Isles as a far more credible threat than is commonly realised. As the Army became more closely associated with operations in France, the Navy thus devoted an ever-greater amount of time and effort to safeguarding the vulnerable east coast. In this manner preventing an invasion came to exert a 'very insidious' effect on the Navy by the outbreak of War in 1914. This book explains how and why this came to pass, and what it can tell us about the role of government in forming strategy.
Framing the First World War
How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict
AvMichael P.M. Finch,Michael P.M. Foxm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
638 kr
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This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.The character of the conflict that erupted in 1914 defied the expectations of many political leaders and military analysts. Despite the mountains of books and articles published on World War I, there has been surprisingly little systematic or comparative research on how military commanders and politicians framed and interpreted the conflict - or, indeed, on how they understood war itself - and how that understanding shaped their decision-making.Wars are fought by organizations and people who have disparate visions of the world they live in and the conflict they are fighting. In Framing the First World War, a team of leading scholars explore the gulf between imagined warfare and the realities of battle. By doing so, they investigate how the military forces that contested the First World War framed the conflict they were involved in and how those perspectives shaped and influenced the ways in which they sought to understand, conduct, and respond to the war. They use the notion of 'frames' and the concept of 'framing' to enable us to engage directly with the complexity and diversity of the conflict, which was fought for different reasons and in different ways, incorporating a range of issues with implications for the conduct of the war. Improving our appreciation of how commanders saw the world around them and their views on the war they were conducting opens up valuable new approaches for understanding debates over the higher direction of the conflict and the civil-military relations that underpinned them. The contributors to Framing the First World War work towards a fuller historical appraisal of how military figures understood the war, moving beyond a purely military analysis to incorporate broader cultural and social topics, including education, medicine, politics, and law.
Framing the First World War
How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen,Aimee Foxm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2025
316 kr
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This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.
The character of the conflict that erupted in 1914 defied the expectations of many political leaders and military analysts. Despite the mountains of books and articles published on World War I, there has been surprisingly little systematic or comparative research on how military commanders and politicians framed and interpreted the conflict—or, indeed, on how they understood war itself—and how that understanding shaped their decision-making.
Wars are fought by organizations and people who have disparate visions of the world they live in and the conflict they are fighting. In Framing the First World War, a team of leading scholars explore the gulf between imagined warfare and the realities of battle. By doing so, they investigate how the military forces that contested the First World War framed the conflict they were involved in and how those perspectives shaped and influenced the ways in which they sought to understand, conduct, and respond to the war. They use the notion of “frames” and the concept of “framing” to enable us to engage directly with the complexity and diversity of the conflict, which was fought for different reasons and in different ways, incorporating a range of issues with implications for the conduct of the war.
Improving our appreciation of how commanders saw the world around them and their views on the war they were conducting opens up valuable new approaches for understanding debates over the higher direction of the conflict and the civil-military relations that underpinned them. The contributors to Framing the First World War work towards a fuller historical appraisal of how military figures understood the war, moving beyond a purely military analysis to incorporate broader cultural and social topics, including education, medicine, politics, and law.
Framing the First World War
How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict
AvDavid G. Morgan-Owen,Aimee Foxm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2025
316 kr
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Winner: Norman B. Tomlinson PrizeThis innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.The character of the conflict that erupted in 1914 defied the expectations of many political leaders and military analysts. Despite the mountains of books and articles published on World War I, there has been surprisingly little systematic or comparative research on how military commanders and politicians framed and interpreted the conflictor, indeed, on how they understood war itselfand how that understanding shaped their decision-making.Wars are fought by organizations and people who have disparate visions of the world they live in and the conflict they are fighting. In Framing the First World War, a team of leading scholars explore the gulf between imagined warfare and the realities of battle. By doing so, they investigate how the military forces that contested the First World War framed the conflict they were involved in and how those perspectives shaped and influenced the ways in which they sought to understand, conduct, and respond to the war. They use the notion of frames and the concept of framing to enable us to engage directly with the complexity and diversity of the conflict, which was fought for different reasons and in different ways, incorporating a range of issues with implications for the conduct of the war.Improving our appreciation of how commanders saw the world around them and their views on the war they were conducting opens up valuable new approaches for understanding debates over the higher direction of the conflict and the civil-military relations that underpinned them. The contributors to Framing the First World War work towards a fuller historical appraisal of how military figures understood the war, moving beyond a purely military analysis to incorporate broader cultural and social topics, including education, medicine, politics, and law.

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David G. Morgan-Owen – författare

Fear of Invasion

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Seapower at War

The Fear of Invasion

The Fear of Invasion

Framing the First World War

Framing the First World War

Framing the First World War

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