Churchill and sea power / Christopher M. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Christopher M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Great Britain. Royal Navy.

Great Britain.

Naval history, Modern.

Sea-power--Great Britain--20th century.

Sea-power.

Great Britain--History, Naval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Churchill & sea power

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval strategist and custodian of the nation's sea power has been mired in controversy since the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign in 1915. Today, Churchill is regarded by many as an inept strategist who interfered in naval operations and often overrode his professional advisers - with inevitably disastrous results.Churchill and Seapower is the first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact as the most prominent guardian o

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Sea Power in the Age of Churchill; 1. Apprenticeship, 1900-14; 2. Learning Curve: The First World War; 3. Adjusting to the Post-War World, 1919-24; 4. The Treasury Years: The Ten-Year Rule, Japanese 'Bogey', and 'Yankee Menace'; 5. Disarmament, Rearmament, and the Path to War: The 1930s; 6. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-40: The Phoney War and the Norwegian Campaign; 7. The War Against Germany and Italy, 1940-1; 8. 'Courting Disaster': The Deterrence of Japan and the Dispatch of Force Z

9. The Battle of the Atlantic, the Imports Crisis, and the Closing of the 'Air Gap'10. The Defeat of the Axis Powers; 11. Churchill's Last Naval Battle; Epilogue: The Verdict of History; Notes; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-162522-1

1-283-60963-0

9786613922083

0-19-162521-3

OCLC:

812519622