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Britain's economic blockade of Germany, 1914-1919 /
Great Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the victory of the Entente. Though Britain had been the leading exponent of blockades for two centuries, the World War I blockade was not effective at the outbreak of hostilities. Pre-war changes had led...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Frank Cass,
2004.
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| Colección: | Cass series--naval policy and history ;
24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Great Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the victory of the Entente. Though Britain had been the leading exponent of blockades for two centuries, the World War I blockade was not effective at the outbreak of hostilities. Pre-war changes had led to the Admiralty supplanting the Royal Navy's leadership role in favour of direction from the civilian branch of government on the basis of international law. The struggle between the primacy of international law and military expediency lasted for nearly two years, as the British tried to reconcile the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203495233 9780203495230 9780714654744 0714654744 9786610048311 6610048312 1135771286 9781135771287 0429233426 9780429233425 |
| ISSN: | 1366-9478 ; |