The Royal Navy and the German Threat 1901-1914: Admiralty Plans to Protect British Trade in a War Against Germany

by Matthew S. Seligmann

When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because the British Admiralty (rightly) believed that Germany's naval planners intended to arm their country's fast merchant vessels in wartime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199574030
• ISBN13: 9780199574032
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"