Collective Naval Defence of Empire, 1900-1940

Zusatztext '...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 Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung This collection of high policy documents charts Britain's difficulties in defending the Empire in a time of 'imperial overstretch'. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; The Collective Naval Defence of the Empire! 1900-1940; List of Documents and Sources; Biographical Outlines; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Tracy
• Assisted by: Dr Nicholas Tracy (Editor), Nicholas Tracy (Editor), Tracy Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2019
• EAN: 9781859284025
• ISBN: 978-1-85928-402-5
• No. of pages: 760
• Series: Navy Records Society Publications; Navy Records Society Publications
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Naval forces and warfare, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)