Maritime Strategy and the Balance of Power: Britain And America in the Twentieth Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: The Balance of Power and the Anglo-American Maritime Relationship....Pages 1-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Origins of Imperial Defence....Pages 23-36
The Chiefs of Staff and the Higher Organisation for Defence in Britain, 1904–1984....Pages 37-55
The Influence of the British Secretariat Tradition on Twentieth-Century International Peace-Keeping....Pages 56-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Alfred Thayer Mahan and his Strategic Thought....Pages 83-94
Mahan Revisited....Pages 95-109
The Strategic Thought of Sir Julian S. Corbett....Pages 110-135
Recent Thinking on the Theory of Naval Strategy....Pages 136-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Relevance of the Prewar British and American Maritime Strategies to the First World War and its Aftermath, 1898–1920....Pages 165-188
The Washington Conference and the Naval Balance of Power, 1921–2....Pages 189-213
‘Are We Ready?’ The Development of American and British Naval Strategy, 1922–39....Pages 214-242
Anglo-American Naval Co-operation in the Second World War, 1939–45....Pages 243-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Anglo-American Maritime Strategy in the Era of Massive Retaliation, 1945–60....Pages 271-303
Anglo-American Maritime Strategy in the Era of Flexible Response, 1960–80....Pages 304-329
Fleet Renewal and Maritime Strategy in the 1980s....Pages 330-347
Conclusions Maritime Strategy and National Policy: Historical Accident or Purposeful Planning?....Pages 348-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-373