The Collective Naval Defence of Empire, 1900-1940

ISBN-13: 9781859284025 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 752 str.

Opis

This collection of high policy documents charts Britaina s difficulties in defending the Empire in a time of a imperial overstretcha . The 20th century saw the rise of several great maritime and military powers and the relative decline of British strength, which created major defence problems for the British Empire. Various solutions were attempted, such as ententes with France and Russia, the settling of differences with the USA and an alliance with Japan. These sufficed until after World War I, when the Empire gained several new territorial responsibilities, all to be defended on a declining economic base. The dominions were encouraged to pay for their own navies, although the Admiralty wished to assume control of them. The increasing threat from Japan made Australia, New Zealand and other Asian colonies nervous and the promised a main fleet to Singaporea became less and less likely as the 1930s wore on."

Recenzje

'...the Navy Records Society must be commended for publishing another important and useful collection of documents, especially if this volume helps to restore the imperial dimension that has too often been missing from the history of the British Navy during the early twentieth century.' International History Review, Vol. XXI, No. 2 '...an interesting study in the British form of government.' International Journal of Maritime History

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; The Collective Naval Defence of the Empire, 1900-1940; List of Documents and Sources; Biographical Outlines; Index.

O autorze

Nicholas Tracy is an adjunct professor in the University of New Brunswick, Canada, an Associate of the Gregg Centre at UNB, a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, and Associate of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at King’s College, London.