The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period

An Operational Perspective
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7146-5196-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

Joseph Moretz's innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval policy and planning of the time. Drawing heavily on official Admiralty records and private papers of leading officers, the author examines the navy's operational experience and the evolution of its tactical doctrine during the interwar period. He argues that operational experience, combined with assumptions about the nature of a future naval war, were more important in keeping the battleship afloat than conservatism in Navy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moretz, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Verwaltung, Streitkräfte (Militärwesen)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

This Cass Naval Policy and History title offers no solution for todays naval planners but it may help to frame some relevant questions."

- Ships Telegraph

"An important book for anyone interested in the naval history of the twentieth century"

- The Nymas Newsletter

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Moretz