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British Naval Strategy East of Suez, 1900-2000
Influences and Actions
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
This new collection of essays by a panel of established international scholars sheds new light on what some of those influences were and what actions were taken as a result of Britain's Far Eastern commitments. Not only are new evidence and approaches to those issues addressed presented, but new...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
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Imperial Defence
The Old World Order, 1856–1956
Series: Cass Military Studies
This new collection of essays, from leading British and Canadian scholars, presents an excellent insight into the strategic thinking of the British Empire. It defines the main areas of the strategic decision-making process that was known as 'Imperial Defence'. The theme is one of...
Published November 14th 2007 by Routledge
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Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East, 1933-1939
Imperial Crossroads
Series: Strategy and History
This volume charts how the national strategic needs of the United States of America and Great Britain created a "parallel but not joint" relationship towards the Far East as the crisis in that region evolved from 1933-39. In short, it is a look at the relationship shared between the two nations...
Published April 28th 2002 by Routledge
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The Merchant Marine in International Affairs, 1850-1950
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
Merchant navies represent economic and industrial strength. This study revises the definition of maritime power through a more comprehensive understanding and appreciation for the roles played by the merchant marine of a nation....
Published October 29th 2000 by Routledge
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Far-flung Lines
Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
These studies show how the British Empire used its maritime supremacy to construct and maintain a worldwide defence for its imperial interests. They rebut the idea that British defence policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was primarily concerned with the balance of power in Europe....
Published November 29th 1996 by Routledge