Description |
[ix], 215 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Cass series--naval policy and history, 1366-9478 ; 24 |
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Cass series--naval policy and history. 1366-9478 ; 24
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Contents |
1. Foreign policy, naval commitments, and the changes to blockade, 1756-1904 -- 2. The culmination of faith in international law : the Second Hague Conference and the Declaration of London, 1905-11 -- 3. Blockade preparations in the final years of peace, 1911-14 -- 4. Britain at war : the first steps for blockade in 1914 -- 5. The year of frustration, stalemate, and doubt, 1915 -- 6. The blockade strengthens, 1916 -- 7. The critical year, 1917 -- 8. The last year of war, and the final legacy of the blockade in the peace, 1918-July 1919 -- 9. Conclusion |
Summary |
"Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the victory of the Entente. Though Britain had been the leading exponent of blockades for two centuries, the World War I blockade was not effective at the outbreak of hostilities. Pre-war changes had led to the Admiralty supplanting the Royal Navy's leadership role in favour of direction from the civilian branch of government on the basis of international law." "This is the first book to offer a synthesis of the naval and diplomatic aspects of the blockade as the key to understanding the operation as whole. While many historians believe that the collapse of Germany's war effort was the product of several factors of equal importance, Eric Osborne's detailed analysis makes a strong claim for the economic blockade to be the principal reason for the eventual German defeat in World War I."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Blockades -- Germany.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British.
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115234 -- Germany http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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Germany -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115149 -- Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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LC no. |
2003065317 |
ISBN |
0714654744 |
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