War at sea, 1914-45 /
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| Author / Creator: | Ireland, Bernard. |
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| Imprint: | London : Cassell Military, 2002. |
| Description: | 224 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4784310 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Map list
- Chronology
- Introduction: The Nature of Sea Power
- The army-navy dynamic
- 1. Anglo-German Naval Rivalry
- The existing European situation
- The rise of Germany and colonial expansion
- Anglo-French co-operation
- Tirpitz and 'risk theory'
- The coming of the dreadnought
- The escalation of the Anglo-German Naval Race
- 2. The First World War 1914-18
- Cruiser warfare
- Grand Fleet versus High Seas Fleet
- The battle of Jutland
- The U-boat war
- The British blockade
- Enter naval aviation
- Naval operations in the Dardanelles
- The Royal Navy in Mesopotamia
- The Baltic
- 3. A Time of Treaties 1918-39
- The surrender of the High Seas Fleet
- Versailles and restrictions to the German Navy
- Japanese and American threats to British naval supremacy
- The Washington Naval Treaty
- Developments in naval aviation
- The Anglo-German Naval Treaty
- 4. The Second World War 1939-45
- The war against commerce
- The war against the U-boat
- The US submarine war against Japan
- Amphibious warfare
- The rise and rise of the aircraft carrier
- Norway 1940
- The Mediterranean 1940-43
- Epilogue
- Biographies
- Further reading
- Index
- Picture credits
