Agents of innovation : the General Board and the design of the fleet that defeated the Japanese Navy / by John T. Kuehn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuehn, John T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy. General Board.

United States. Navy.

Sea-power--United States--History--20th century.

Sea-power.

United States. Navy--Reserve fleets--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Navy. General Board--History.

Warships--Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.

Warships.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Technological innovations.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2008]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Navy, Treaties, and Innovation 1

Chapter 2 The General Board 8

Chapter 3 U.S. Sea Power and the Washington Conference 23

Chapter 4 The General Board and the Treaty System 40

Chapter 5 Battleship Modernization 63

Chapter 6 Naval Aviation and the Fortification Clause 88

Chapter 7 Strategic Innovation in the Interwar U.S. Navy 125

Chapter 8 Perspectives from Great Britain, Japan, and Germany 144

Appendix 1 The Washington Naval Treaty 188

Appendix 2 U.S. Naval Policy, 1922 198

Appendix 3 Bureau Recommendations for Battleship Modernization 206

Appendix 4 Comparison Chart for Cruiser Designs 208

Appendix 5 Excerpt from the Mobile Base Project 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.

ISBN:

9781591144489

1591144485

OCLC:

220859574