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Naval Policy Between the Wars Volume II: The Period of Reluctant Rearmament 1930-1939

Door Stephen Wentworth Roskill

Categorie
Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer
#238465
Titel
Naval Policy Between the Wars Volume II: The Period of Reluctant Rearmament 1930-1939
Auteur
Roskill, Stephen Wentworth
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Barnsley, Seaforth Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
147387744X
ISBN13
9781473877443
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap between the First World War volumes and his own study of the Navy in the Second. As such it is marked by the extensive use of British and American sources, from which Roskill extracted shrewd and balanced conclusions that have stood the test of time. Picking up the story in 1930, this volume covers the rise of the European dictatorships on the one hand, alongside continuing attempts at controlling... (Lees verder) arms expenditure through diplomacy and treaties. Eventually, Italian, German and indeed Japanese aggression diminished the prospects for peace, to the point where Britain felt forced to rearm. How the Navy used the precious few years leading up to the outbreak of war is a crucial section of the book and forms a fitting conclusion to this important study of the inter-war years.
Pagina's
525
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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