Power at sea / Lisle A. Rose.

Author/creator Rose, Lisle A., 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007-
Descriptionvolumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents v. 1. The age of navalism, 1890-1918 -- The master: Alfred Thayer Mahan -- The architects: Theodore Roosevelt, Alfred von Tirpitz, and John "Jacky" Fisher -- Scorpions in a bottle -- Rengo Kantai -- The boast of the red, white and blue -- Rush to conflict -- Standoff, 1914-1915 -- Jutland -- Terror at sea, 1915-1918: the submarine and its consequences -- v. 2. The breaking storm, 1919-1945 -- The containment of sea power: Washington, 1921-1922 -- The race resumes -- A lion in winter -- Preparing for Armageddon: Germany -- Preparing for Armageddon: Japan -- American revolution -- Contours of conflict -- The Axis: lost victories -- Defending the Atlantic lifeline -- The Allies: foundations of conquest -- Gem of the ocean -- v. 3. A violent peace, 1946-2006 -- Grand strategy -- Going MAD: the nuclearization of sea power -- "Grey Diplomats:" the sixth and seventh fleets in the 1950s -- The A-frame fractor and other frustrations: Korea and Vietnam -- Crisis and consequence: Cuba, 1962 -- Red fleet rising -- Reversals of fortune -- Rocks and shoals -- Navy imperial.
Abstract "[Volume 1] Traces the social issues, technological advances, and combative encounters of the international naval race from 1890 through WWI, as the largest industrial nations (U.S, Great Britain, Japan, and Germany) scrambled to secure global markets and empire, using their battleship navies as pawns of power politics"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2006015382
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