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

"During World War I, British 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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• Authors: Donald J Lisio, Donald J. Lisio, Donald J. (Coe College Lisio, Lisio Donald J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107056954
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05695-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, International Relations, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Naval forces and warfare