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Naval Power in the Twentieth Century

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. N. A. M. Rodger

    1. National Maritime Museum, Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, University of Exeter, UK

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Parameters of Power: The US Navy in the Twentieth Century

    • George W. Baer
    Pages 1-13

  3. Luxury Fleet? The Sea Power of (Soviet) Russia

    • Geoffrey Till
    Pages 14-26

  4. Imperial Germany and the Importance of Sea Power

    • Michael Epkenhans
    Pages 27-40

  5. The Opportunities of Technology: British and French Naval Strategies in the Pacific,1905–1909

    • Nicholas A. Lambert
    Pages 41-58

  6. French Naval Strategy: A Naval Power in a Continental Environment

    • Hervé Coutau-Bégarie
    Pages 59-65

  7. The Indispensable Navy: Italy as a Great Power, 1911–43

    • James J. Sadkovich
    Pages 66-76

  8. Japan and Sea Power

    • Ian Nish
    Pages 77-87

  9. German Naval Power in First and Second World Wars

    • Werner Rahn
    Pages 88-100

  10. Confusions and Constraints: The Navy and British Defence Planning, 1919–39

    • Daniel A. Baugh
    Pages 101-119

  11. The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Royal Navy in the Second World War

    • Correlli Barnett
    Pages 120-133

  12. Wings over the Sea: The Interaction of Air and Sea Power in the Mediterranean, 1940–42

    • Michael Simpson
    Pages 134-150

  13. Seizing the Initiative: The Arctic Convoys 1944–45

    • Andrew D. Lambert
    Pages 151-162

  14. Blockade and the Royal Navy

    • David Brown
    Pages 163-176

  15. Decolonisation and Coastal Operations in the East Indies, 1945–50

    • G. Teitler
    Pages 177-187

  16. The Canadian Experience of Sea Power

    • Alec Douglas
    Pages 188-199

  17. Imperial Jetsam or National Guardians? The Navies of the Indian Sub-continent 1947–72

    • James Goldrick
    Pages 200-214

  18. British Naval Planning Post-1945

    • J. R. Hill
    Pages 215-226

  19. Partnership Spurned: The Royal Navy’s Search for a Joint Maritime-Air Strategy East of Suez, 1961–63

    • Eric Grove
    Pages 227-241

  20. American Naval Strategy in the Era of the Third World War: An Inquiry into the Structure and Process of General War at Sea, 1945–90

    • David Alan Rosenberg
    Pages 242-254
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It is a century since Mahan and his disciples taught the world that a battlefleet was indispensable to a great power. Great and not so great powers still keep powerful navies today, but we have no generally-accepted principles to explain why. In this book historians and naval officers from Britain, the United States and other countries study the use of naval power over a century, and ask what it is for, and what it can do. It will be essential reading for modern historians, policy-makers and strategists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Maritime Museum, Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, University of Exeter, UK

    N. A. M. Rodger

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