Fear of Invasion - Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914

In this new study of the lead-up to the Great War, David G. Morgan-Owen deals with an aspect of the war seldom discussed for the simple reason that it never actually came to pass: a German invasion of the United Kingdom. Morgan-Owen makes the case that this fear of invasion played a central role in the formation of British strategy.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Command of the Sea


• 2: The Military Resources of the Empire


• 3: 'Practical Politics'


• 4: Preparing for War


• 5: The German Threat


• 6: The North Sea Guard


• 7: A Growing Burden


• 8: Surrendering the Initiative


• Conclusion

About the author

David G. Morgan-Owen is a lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London. He was previously a Visiting Research Fellow at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, and an Associate of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter, where he gained his PhD in 2013. Dr. Morgan-Owen has published on British strategy before and during the First World War in the English Historical Review, War in History, Journal of Strategic Studies, and the International History Review.

Summary

In this new study of the lead-up to the Great War, David G. Morgan-Owen deals with an aspect of the war seldom discussed for the simple reason that it never actually came to pass: a German invasion of the United Kingdom. Morgan-Owen makes the case that this fear of invasion played a central role in the formation of British strategy.

Product details

• Authors: David G. Morgan-Owen, David G. (Lecturer in Defence Studies Morgan-Owen, Morgan-Owen David G.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2020
• EAN: 9780198862321
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886232-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), First World War, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Military and defence strategy, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I