British naval supremacy and Anglo-American antagonisms, 1914-1930 /
"During World War I, British naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none, ' one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America'...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Clashing world interests
- 2. Washington Conference legacy
- 3. Beatty's Japanese war plan
- 4. Churchill's challenge
- 5. Beatty embraces arms control
- 6. The General Boards' new hope
- 7. American arms-control politics
- 8. Beatty takes control
- 9. Combat equivalency
- 10. Beatty's new strategies
- 11. Conference shocks
- 12. Hardening positions
- 13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord
- 14. Cabinet crisis
- 15. Final efforts
- 16. Breakdown and recriminations
- 17. Conclusion.