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Author |
: Greg Kennedy |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2016-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317172215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317172213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Britain's War At Sea, 1914-1918 by : Greg Kennedy
In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 when the country declared war, the overwhelming expectation was that Britain’s efforts would be primarily focussed on the sea. As such, this volume is a welcome corrective to what is arguably an historical neglect of the naval aspect of the Great War. As well as reassessing Britain’s war at sea between 1914 and 1918, underlining the oft neglected contribution of the blockade of the Central Powers to the ending of the war, the book also offers a case study in ideas about military planning for ’the next war’. Questions about how next wars are thought about, planned for and conceptualised, and then how reality actually influences that thinking, have long been - and remain - key concerns for governments and military strategists. The essays in this volume show what ’realities’ there are to think about and how significant or not the change from pre-war to war was. This is important not only for historians trying to understand events in the past, but also has lessons for contemporary strategic thinkers who are responsible for planning and preparing for possible future conflict. Britain’s pre-war naval planning provides a perfect example of just how complex and uncertain that process is. Building upon and advancing recent scholarship concerning the role of the navy in the First World War, this collection brings to full light the dominance of the maritime environment, for Britain, in that war and the lessons that has for historians and military planners.
Author |
: Greg Kennedy |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 395 |
Release |
: 2016-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317172208 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317172205 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Britain's War At Sea, 1914-1918 by : Greg Kennedy
In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 when the country declared war, the overwhelming expectation was that Britain’s efforts would be primarily focussed on the sea. As such, this volume is a welcome corrective to what is arguably an historical neglect of the naval aspect of the Great War. As well as reassessing Britain’s war at sea between 1914 and 1918, underlining the oft neglected contribution of the blockade of the Central Powers to the ending of the war, the book also offers a case study in ideas about military planning for ’the next war’. Questions about how next wars are thought about, planned for and conceptualised, and then how reality actually influences that thinking, have long been - and remain - key concerns for governments and military strategists. The essays in this volume show what ’realities’ there are to think about and how significant or not the change from pre-war to war was. This is important not only for historians trying to understand events in the past, but also has lessons for contemporary strategic thinkers who are responsible for planning and preparing for possible future conflict. Britain’s pre-war naval planning provides a perfect example of just how complex and uncertain that process is. Building upon and advancing recent scholarship concerning the role of the navy in the First World War, this collection brings to full light the dominance of the maritime environment, for Britain, in that war and the lessons that has for historians and military planners.
Author |
: Julian Thompson |
Publisher |
: Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 452 |
Release |
: 2011-07-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780330540766 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0330540769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea 1914-18 by : Julian Thompson
Based on gripping first-hand testimony from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, this book reveals what it was really like to serve in the Royal Navy during the First World War. It was a period of huge change – for the first time the British navy went into battle with untried weapon systems, dreadnoughts, submarines, aircraft and airships. Julian Thompson blends insightful narrative with never-before-published stories to show what these men faced and overcame. Officers and men, from admirals down to the youngest sailors faced the same dangers, at sea in often terrible weather conditions, with the ever-present prospect of being blown to pieces, or choking to death trapped in a compartment or turret as they plunged to the bottom of the sea. In their own words they share their experiences, from from long patrols and pitched battles in the cold, rough water of the North Sea to the perils of warfare in the Dardanelles; from the cat-and-mouse search for Vice-Admiral Graf von Spee in the Pacific to the dangerous raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge. We see what it was like to spend weeks in the cramped, smelly submarines of the period, or to attack U-boats from unreliable airships.
Author |
: Tim Benbow |
Publisher |
: Amber Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 226 |
Release |
: 2014-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781908273123 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1908273127 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Naval Warfare 1914–1918 by : Tim Benbow
With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, Naval Warfare provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of World War I naval operations, describing the struggle to win control of the high seas around the globe.
Author |
: Theodore Roosevelt |
Publisher |
: Franklin Classics |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2018-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0342577905 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780342577903 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Naval War of 1812; Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans; Volume 1 by : Theodore Roosevelt
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author |
: Lawrence Sondhaus |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 419 |
Release |
: 2014-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107036901 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107036909 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great War at Sea by : Lawrence Sondhaus
New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory.
Author |
: Nicholas A. Lambert |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 662 |
Release |
: 2012-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674063068 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674063066 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Planning Armageddon by : Nicholas A. Lambert
Before the First World War, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory in the event of war with Germany-economic warfare on an unprecedented scale.This secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's effective monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping-the essential infrastructure underpinning global trade-to create a controlled implosion of the world economic system. In this revisionist account, Nicholas Lambert shows in lively detail how naval planners persuaded the British political leadership that systematic disruption of the global economy could bring about German military paralysis. After the outbreak of hostilities, the government shied away from full implementation upon realizing the extent of likely collateral damage-political, social, economic, and diplomatic-to both Britain and neutral countries. Woodrow Wilson in particular bristled at British restrictions on trade. A new, less disruptive approach to economic coercion was hastily improvised. The result was the blockade, ostensibly intended to starve Germany. It proved largely ineffective because of the massive political influence of economic interests on national ambitions and the continued interdependencies of all countries upon the smooth functioning of the global trading system. Lambert's interpretation entirely overturns the conventional understanding of British strategy in the early part of the First World War and underscores the importance in any analysis of strategic policy of understanding Clausewitz's "political conditions of war."
Author |
: Craig Forrest |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781784717254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1784717258 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maritime Legacies and the Law by : Craig Forrest
The recent centenary of WWI has prompted a shift in the way attention is focused on legacy shipwrecks. This timely book considers the development of the laws that apply to these wrecks and the issues that surround them, and deftly analyses the adequacy of the existing legal framework to fulfil its promise of protecting legacy wrecks for future generations as historical and archaeological resources, memorials and, most importantly, as maritime war graves. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}
Author |
: Gary Staff |
Publisher |
: Pen & Sword Maritime |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 152674385X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781526743855 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918 by : Gary Staff
Author |
: Vincent O'Hara |
Publisher |
: Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 2013-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612512693 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612512690 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis To Crown the Waves by : Vincent O'Hara
The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the United States Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won, not in the trenches, but upon the waves. It explains why these seven fleets fought the way they did and why the war at sea did not develop as the admiralties and politicians of 1914 expected. After discussing each navy’s goals and circumstances and how their individual characteristics impacted the way they fought, the authors deliver a side-by-side analysis of the conflict’s fleets, with each chapter covering a single navy. Parallel chapter structures assure consistent coverage of each fleet—history, training, organization, doctrine, materiel, and operations—and allow readers to easily compare information among the various navies. The book clearly demonstrates how the naval war was a collision of 19th century concepts with 20th century weapons that fostered unprecedented development within each navy and sparked the evolution of the submarine and aircraft carrier. The work is free from the national bias that infects so many other books on World War I navies. As they pioneer new ways of viewing the conflict, the authors provide insights and material that would otherwise require a massive library and mastery of multiple languages. Such a study has special relevance today as 20th-century navies struggle to adapt to 21st-century technologies.