Research Catalog

Title

Dreadnought : the ship that changed the world / Roger Parkinson.

Author

Parkinson, Roger

Publication

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

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Details

Description

xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration; 25 cm

Summary

The years before World War I were the 'Age of the Dreadnought'. The monumental battleship design, first introduced by Admiral Fisher to the Royal Navy in 1906, was quickly adopted around the world and led to a new era of maritime warfare. In this book, Roger Parkinson provides a re-writing of the naval history of Britain and the other leading naval powers - Germany, America and Japan - from the 1880s to the early years of World War I. He shows how the dreadnought enabled the Royal Navy to develop from being primarily the navy of the 'Pax Britannica' in the Victorian era to being a war-ready fighting force in the early years of the twentieth century. The ensuing era of intensifying naval competition rapidly became a full-blooded naval arms race, leading to the development of super-dreadnoughts and escalating tensions between the European powers. Providing a truly international perspective on the dreadnought phenomenon, this book will be essential reading for all naval history enthusiasts and anyone interested in World War I.

Subject

• Dreadnought (Battleship)
• 1800-1999
• Battle cruisers > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Battle cruisers > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Sea-power > Great Britain > History
• Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century
• Great Britain > History, Naval > 20th century

Genre/Form

• History
• Naval history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The origins of the pre-dreadnought era -- The pre-dreadnought era in the 1890s -- The new navies of the 1890s -- Fisher and the dreadnought -- The Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) -- The politics and diplomacy of naval policy -- From dreadnoughts to super-dreadnoughts -- The worldwide dreadnought arms race -- World War I to Jutland -- From Jutland to Washington.

ISBN

• 9781780768267
• 1780768265

OCLC

• 902701372
• SCSB-10756008

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library