Książka Late Victorian Navy Roger Parkinson

Late Victorian Navy

The Pre-dreadnought Era and the Origins of the First World War

Język: Angielski
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In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2008
strony
323
EAN
9781843833727
ISBN
1843833727
Enbook ID
04856124
Waga
885
Wymiary
160 x 236 x 30

Pełny opis

In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as the 'pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little importance; it has therefore received little consideration from historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how its aftermath in the Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889; this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive explanation of why the Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental question at the time.This book also overturns many assumptions about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak, and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible.

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