In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914 - Softcover

Sumida, Jon Tetsuro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591148030 ISBN 13: 9781591148036

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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From the Back Cover:

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 that 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.

About the Author:

Jon Tetsuro 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1591148030
• ISBN 13: 9781591148036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400