The Naval Route to the Abyss: The Anglo German Naval Race 1895-1914

by Matthew S. Seligmann and Frank Nägler

Book Overview

This publication is an essential volume for any serious student of naval policy in the pre-First World War era. The intense rivalry in battleship building that took place between Britain and Germany in the run up to the First World War is seen by many as the most totemic of all armaments races. It has been blamed by numerous commentators during the inter-war years as a major cause of the Great War.'The Great Naval Race' has never been examined from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472440935
• ISBN13: 9781472440938
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Navy Records Society
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"