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Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918
Shawn T. Grimes
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Description for Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918
Hardback. 278 pages, 3, 3 line drawing. Overturns existing thinking to show that the Royal Navy engaged professionally in war planning in the years before the First World War. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBW; JWF; JWK. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 22. Weight: 588.
Overturns existing thinking to show that the Royal Navy engaged professionally in war planning in the years before the First World War. It has been widely accepted that British naval war planning from the late nineteenth century to the First World War was amateur and driven by personal political agenda. But Shawn T. Grimes argues that this was far from the case. His extensive original research shows that, in fact, the Royal Navy had a definitive war strategy, which was well thought-through and formulated in a professional manner. Faced by a perceived Franco-Russian naval threat, the ... Read more
Overturns existing thinking to show that the Royal Navy engaged professionally in war planning in the years before the First World War. It has been widely accepted that British naval war planning from the late nineteenth century to the First World War was amateur and driven by personal political agenda. But Shawn T. Grimes argues that this was far from the case. His extensive original research shows that, in fact, the Royal Navy had a definitive war strategy, which was well thought-through and formulated in a professional manner. Faced by a perceived Franco-Russian naval threat, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836988
SKU
V9781843836988
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99-50
Reviews for Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918
An important work that covers a lot of essential events and scholarship in the field. It should therefore be recommended reading for anyone interested in the British naval strategic development prior to and during the First World War.
MARINER'S MIRROR
Exemplifies the emerging 'post-revisionist' school of naval historians.. [A] high quality analysis.
WAR IN HISTORY
[T]his ... Read more
MARINER'S MIRROR
Exemplifies the emerging 'post-revisionist' school of naval historians.. [A] high quality analysis.
WAR IN HISTORY
[T]his ... Read more