Donald J. Lisio

British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes British efforts to preserve its naval supremacy during the 1920s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 657g
• ISBN-13: 9781107056954
• ISBN-10: 1107056950
• Artikelnr.: 41150761

Autorenporträt

Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Clashing world interests
2. Washington conference legacy
3. Beatty's Japanese war plan
4. Churchill's challenge
5. Beatty embraces arms control
6. The general boards' new hope
7. American arms-control politics
8. Beatty takes control
9. Combat equivalency
10. Beatty's new strategies
11. Conference shocks
12. Hardening positions
13. The failure of the Anglo-Japanese Accord
14. Cabinet crisis
15. Final efforts
16. Breakdown and recriminations
17. Conclusion.