THE LATE VICTORIAN NAVY Pre-Dreadnought Era WWI PARKINSON 2008 Hardcover 1ST MNT

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Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Features
1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Original Language
English
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9781843833727
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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10
1843833727
ISBN-13
9781843833727
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63138441

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Late Victorian Navy : the Pre-Dreadnought Era and the Origins of the First World War
Subject
Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Military / Naval, Military / General, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Author
Roger Parkinson
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.9 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
A comprehensive survey of its subject [offering] a scholarly but very readable analysis of a vital period in the development of the Royal Navy. [...] The author's research is impeccable. NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTORS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATION REVIEW A meticulously researched and carefully constructed book that opens a wide window onto the Royal Navy. [...] An important contribution to naval history. VICTORIAN STUDIES A cogent and well-written book [and] a very valuable contribution to our understanding of the late Victorian Royal Navy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY Parkinson's documentary research, tables, and ship drawings vividly portray the origins of the pre-dreadnought navy of the 1890s. Despite the title, his analysis does not extend all the way to the origins of WW I. Recommended. CHOICE A dense work, containing a great deal of information on a myriad of subjects. A valuable contribution to the literature on the subject. NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL [This] is a terrific book. All naval historians, scholars of nineteenth century Britain, and students of strategy and policy would benefit from reading The Late Victorian Navy. MILITARY HISTORY [A] useful contribution to the discussion of naval policy, strategy, defence of commerce and the development of sea-power theory. Andrew Lambert, ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW An important and scholarly re-evaluation that throws considerable light on the navy of the 1870s-1890s. [...] An impressive work. JEREMY BLACK, HISTORY
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
359.0094109034
Table Of Content
IntroductionPerceptions of Strategy in the Victorian EraStrategic Realities of the 1880sThe Naval Defence ActThe Evolution of Technology and Ships in the 'Dark Ages' of the Victorian NavyThe New Navies as a Consequence of the Naval Defence ActTechnology Change and the Emergence of a Cruiser-Battleship Navy'A Lantern on the Stern'Bibliography
Synopsis
A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called 'Dark Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new technology defined by steel and electricity., A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called Dark Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new technology defined by steel and electricity. In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as the pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little importance; it has therefore received little consideration from historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how itsaftermath in the Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889; this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive explanation of whythe Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental question at the time. The book also overturns many assumptions about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak, and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible., In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as the pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little importance; it has therefore received little consideration from historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how its aftermath in the Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889; this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive explanation of why the Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental question at the time. The book also overturns many assumptions about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak, and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible., A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called 'Dark Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new technology defined by steel and electricity. In purely naval terms, the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed passed over) as the 'pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little importance; it has therefore received little consideration from historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how itsaftermath in the Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889; this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive explanation of whythe Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental question at the time. The book also overturns many assumptions about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak, and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible.
LC Classification Number
DA88

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