Militarism in a Global Age : Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I /

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The author explores the far-reaching ambitions of US and German elite naval officers before WWI as they advance navalism. Viewing the causes of the industrial nation, global influence, elite rule, and naval power as inseparable, they channeled in different directions as they developed contrasting ou...

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Main Author: Bönker, Dirk
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marinepolitik.
Seemacht.
Marinepolitik
Seemacht
Sea-power.
Militarism.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Puissance maritime > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Puissance maritime > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Puissance maritime > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Puissance maritime > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Militarism > United States > History > 20th century.
Militarism > United States > History > 19th century.
Militarism > Germany > History > 20th century.
Militarism > Germany > History > 19th century.
Sea-power > United States > History > 20th century.
Sea-power > United States > History > 19th century.
Sea-power > Germany > History > 20th century.
Sea-power > Germany > History > 19th century.
USA.
Deutschland.
USA
Deutschland
United States.
Germany.
États-Unis > Histoire navale > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire navale > Jusqu'à 1900.
Allemagne > Histoire navale > 20e siecle.
Allemagne > Histoire navale > 19e siecle.
United States > History, Naval > 20th century.
United States > History, Naval > To 1900.
Germany > History, Naval > 20th century.
Germany > History, Naval > 19th century.
Naval history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : maritime militarism in two modern nation-states
  • World power in a global age
  • Big-power confrontations over empire
  • Maritime force, threat, and war
  • War of battle fleets
  • Planning for victory
  • Commerce, law, and the limitation of war
  • Naval elites and the state
  • Manufacturing consent
  • A politics of social imperialism
  • Of sciences, sea power, and strategy
  • Between leadership and intraservice conflict
  • Conclusion : navalism and its trajectories.

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