Naval and Military Essays: Being Papers Read in the Naval and Military Section at the International Congress of Historical Studies, 1913

by Henry John Edwards and Julian Stafford Corbett

Book Overview

As Europe was poised on the cusp of the Great War (1914-1918), issues of national defence were of paramount concern. Despite the importance to German security of concentrating its resources on continental defence within Europe, the preceding years had been steeped in the cult of the navy. Germany's daunting pursuit of Weltpolitik had raised a serious challenge to traditional British naval hegemony. At issue were the future course of international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108003494
• ISBN13: 9781108003490
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"