British naval supremacy and Anglo-American antagonisms, 1914-1930
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none', one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America'...
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2014
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- 1. Clashing world interests
- 2. Washington Conference legacy
- 3. Beatty's Japanese war plan
- 4. Churchill's challenge
- 5. Beatty embraces arms control
- 6. The General Boards' new hope
- 7. American arms-control politics
- 8. Beatty takes control
- 9. Combat equivalency
- 10. Beatty's new strategies
- 11. Conference shocks
- 12. Hardening positions
- 13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord
- 14. Cabinet crisis
- 15. Final efforts
- 16. Breakdown and recriminations
- 17. Conclusion