Liberalism and Naval Strategy - Ideology, Interest and Sea Power During the Pax Britannica

Liberalism and Naval Strategy (1986) examines the role that liberalism played in shaping the naval strategy of the Pax Britannia. Liberalism was linked to commercial interest, and the devotion of the middle classes to peaceful commerce and their suspicion of force as government policy helped to inform critical choices.

List of contents

1. Sea Power, Commerce and Liberalism 2. The Fierce Trident 3. Christianity, Liberalism and the Trident 4. The Maritime Revolution 5. The Cobdenite Conscience: National War and Commercial Peace 6. The Strategists: Naval Duel or Commercial War? 7. Britannia Contra Mundum 8. The Politics of Pacifism, Parsimony and Redistribution 9. Offense and Defence: the Historical and Materiel Schools 10. America and the Freedom of the Seas 11. Radicals, Reactionaries and Power

About the author

Bernard Semmel

Summary

Liberalism and Naval Strategy (1986) examines the role that liberalism played in shaping the naval strategy of the Pax Britannia. Liberalism was linked to commercial interest, and the devotion of the middle classes to peaceful commerce and their suspicion of force as government policy helped to inform critical choices.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Semmel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032549262
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254926-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, British Empire, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1910 to c 1919, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Colonialism and imperialism, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Peace studies & conflict resolution, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies