"Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy, 1888-1918 - Softcover

Holger H Herwig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573922862 ISBN 13: 9781573922869

Publisher: Prometheus Books, 1987

Synopsis

"Luxury Fleet" (the phrase was Winston Churchill's) is the first history of the Imperial German Navy from 1888 to 1918. After tracing the historical background to German naval ambitions, the first two sections of the book analyze Admiral Tirpitz's program of building a battle fleet strong enough to engage the Royal Navy in the North Sea. Professor Herwig shows that fleet as a force that would complement the most efficient army in Europe and describes the warships that were built, and the attitudes of the officer corps and men. The last section of the book considers the tactical deployment of the German fleet during the First World War, both in home waters and overseas, and it ends, appropriately perhaps, with the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow in 1919.

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About the Author

Holger H. Herwig is professor of history at Vanderbilt University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1573922862
• ISBN 13: 9781573922869
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 328