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In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914
Jon Tetsuro Sumida
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Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, diagram. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
In his groundbreaking work, In Defence of Naval Supremacy, Sumida presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the "Dreadnought Revolution" of 1906. Based on intensive and extensive archival research, the book strives to explain vital financial and technical matters which enable readers to observe the complex interplay of fiscal, technical, strategic, and personal factors that shaped the course of British naval decision-making during the critical quarter century that preceded the outbreak of the First World War.
In his groundbreaking work, In Defence of Naval Supremacy, Sumida presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the "Dreadnought Revolution" of 1906. Based on intensive and extensive archival research, the book strives to explain vital financial and technical matters which enable readers to observe the complex interplay of fiscal, technical, strategic, and personal factors that shaped the course of British naval decision-making during the critical quarter century that preceded the outbreak of the First World War.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591148036
SKU
V9781591148036
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99-3
About Jon Tetsuro Sumida
Jon Sumida is the author of Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered (1997), and Decoding Clausewitz: A New Approach to On War (2008). He is professor of history at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Reviews for In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914
In the 1990s, Jon Sumida and Nicholas Lambert reexamined the British naval building program of 1905 to 1914. . . . Between them, Sumida and Lambert completely overturned the Marder interpretation of British naval policy."
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