Navies and Global Defense: Theories and Strategy

by Roch Legault

Overview

These essays explore the link between the naval strength and global power of Great Britain and the United States from 1815 to the present. The British Way of Warfare assumed that the country with control of the sea could ensure safe and rapid communications for its commerce. The American theory of naval strategy, on the other hand, assumed that one had to engage the enemy in order to assure command of the sea. These case studies illustrate once again that naval history must include cultural, economic, political, and social contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275948986
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/20/1995
Series:	Contributions in Sociology; 113
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

KEITH NEILSON teaches History at the Royal Military College of Canada. Neilson writes on Anglo-Russian relations.

ELIZABETH JANE ERRINGTON teaches History at the Royal Military College of Canada. She is an historian of colonial America.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Keith Neilson and Elizabeth Jane Errington
Imperial Naval Defense: Then and Now by Donald M. Schurman
Alfred Thayer Mahan and American Naval Theory by John B. Hattendorf
Sir Julian Corbett and the British Way in Naval Warfare: Problems of Effectiveness and Implementation by Geoffrey Till
The Royal Navy 1856-1914: Deterrence and the Strategy of World Power by A. D. Lambert
The Apotheosis of Mahan: American Naval Strategy, 1889-1922 by Kenneth J. Hagan
The Royal Navy and the Defense of the British Empire, 1914-1918 by David French
The British Navy, 1918-1945 by G.A.H. Gordon
The American Navy, 1922-1945 by Nathan Miller
Sea Power for Containment: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War by Colin S. Gray
The Future of Sea Power by Holger H. Herwig
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The ten papers in this book, prepared by naval and military historians from the US, the UK, and Canada, evolved out of a conference held at the Royal Military College of Canada in March, 1994. The papers explore the connections between naval strength and global power by examining the theory and practice of the British and American navies, which have largely dominated world politics during the last century and a half. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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