Deterrence Through Strength: British Naval Power and Foreign Policy Under Pax Britannica

by Rebecca Berens Matzke

The notion of a Pax Britannica--a concept implying that Britain's overwhelming strength enforced global peace in the era that began with Napoleon's defeat in 1815--largely ended with the British Empire itself. Although most historians still view this period as a departure from the eighteenth century, when lengthy coalition wars were commonplace, critics argue that Britain had only limited means of exercising power in the nineteenth century and that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803235143
• ISBN13: 9780803235144
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.5"