Maritime Strategy And The Balance Of Power

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction: The Balance of Power and the Anglo-American Maritime Relationship

   1. Introduction: The Balance of Power and the Anglo-American Maritime Relationship

      • Robert S. Jordan

      Pages 1-20

3. The British Model of Organising for Twentieth-Century Coalition Warfare

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. The Origins of Imperial Defence

      • Norman H. Gibbs

      Pages 23-36

   3. The Chiefs of Staff and the Higher Organisation for Defence in Britain, 1904–1984

      • John Gooch

      Pages 37-55

   4. The Influence of the British Secretariat Tradition on Twentieth-Century International Peace-Keeping

      • Robert S. Jordan

      Pages 56-80

4. Anglo-American Maritime Theory in the Twentieth Century

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Alfred Thayer Mahan and his Strategic Thought

      • John B. Hattendorf

      Pages 83-94

   3. Mahan Revisited

      • John B. Hattendorf

      Pages 95-109

   4. The Strategic Thought of Sir Julian S. Corbett

      • Barry D. Hunt

      Pages 110-135

   5. Recent Thinking on the Theory of Naval Strategy

      • John B. Hattendorf

      Pages 136-161

5. Anglo-American Rivalries and Coalitions, 1898–1945

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. The Relevance of the Prewar British and American Maritime Strategies to the First World War and its Aftermath, 1898–1920

      • Paul M. Kennedy

      Pages 165-188

   3. The Washington Conference and the Naval Balance of Power, 1921–2

      • J. Kenneth McDonald

      Pages 189-213

   4. ‘Are We Ready?’ The Development of American and British Naval Strategy, 1922–39

      • Malcolm H. Murfett

      Pages 214-242

   5. Anglo-American Naval Co-operation in the Second World War, 1939–45

      • Marc Milner

      Pages 243-268

6. Planning For a Future War in the Nuclear Age

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269

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   2. Anglo-American Maritime Strategy in the Era of Massive Retaliation, 1945–60

      • Eric Grove, Geoffrey Till

      Pages 271-303

   3. Anglo-American Maritime Strategy in the Era of Flexible Response, 1960–80

      • Joel J. Sokolsky

      Pages 304-329

   4. Fleet Renewal and Maritime Strategy in the 1980s

      • Robert S. Wood

      Pages 330-347

A collection of essays on British and American maritime relationships in the 20th century together with details on the British organization of warfare, Anglo-American maritime theory, their rivalries and coalitions and their plans for dealing with a future war in the nuclear age.

• 20th century
• America
• Britain
• Great Britain
• strategy
• twentieth century

• Naval War College, Newport, USA

  John B. Hattendorf

• University of New Orleans, USA

  Robert S. Jordan

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