Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Type
Book
ISBN 10
0714651257 
Category
368 Insurance  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2001 
Publisher
Pages
288 
Subject
Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- History -- 20th century; Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- History -- 21st century; 
Description
This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century. - from Amzon 
Biblio Notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I PREPARING FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR

1. Italian Warship Construction and Maritime Strategy, 1873-1915
Brian R. Sullivan……………………………………………………………………….p. 3

2. Japanese Naval Construction, 1878-1918 David C. Evans………………p. 22

3. The French Navy, 1880-1914 Paul Halpern……………………………………p. 36

4. Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat in Germany, 1880-1914
Michael Epkenhans……………………………………………………………p. 53
5. Admiral Sir John Fisher and the Concept of Flotilla Defence, 1904-9
Nicholas A. Lambert……………………………………………………………p. 69

PART II PREPARING FOR THE SECOND WORLD WAR

6. Japanese Naval Construction, 1919-41 Mark R. Peattie……………….p. 93

7.German Naval Strategy and Armament, 1919-39 Werner Rahn……p. 109

8. British Naval Procurement and Technological Change, 1919-39
Jon T. Sumida……………………………………………………………………p. 128

9. Politics, Arms Control and US Naval Development in the Interwar
Period Phillips Payson O'Brien…………………………………………..p. 148

PART III PREPARING FOR THE COLD WAR

10. The Russian Navy in the Gorshkov Era Evan Mawdsley………………p. 165

11. The Royal Navy, 1945-90 Eric Grove……………………………………………p. 185

12. Purposes and Platforms in the US Navy, 1945-90 George W. Baer..p. 200

PART IV PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WAR

13.The Royal Navy in a New World, 1990-2020 Geoffrey Till……...p. 219

14. The Transformation of the US Navy Norman Friedman…………p. 238

15. Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat beyond 2020
David Andrews………………………………………………………………p. 248
 
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