Название: Naval Policy Between the Wars: The Period of Anglo-American Antagonism 1919-1929
Автор: Stephen Roskill
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1473877407
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB/PDF (conv)
Страниц: 672
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 18,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap between the First World War volumes and his own study of the Navy in the Second. As such it is marked by the extensive use of British and American sources, from which Roskill extracted shrewd and balanced conclusions that have stood the test of time. The main themes of the first volume are: the after-effects of the Armistice; the struggle to prevent a renewed naval arms race, despite the challenge from the USA and Japan, which culminated in the Washington Naval Treaty; and the broader attempts at peace-keeping through diplomacy and the fragile vehicle of the League of Nations.