Naval and Military Essays by Julian Stafford Corbett - 9781108003490

Naval and Military EssaysBeing Papers read in the Naval and Military Section at the International Congress of Historical Studies, 1913\nAuthor(s): Julian Stafford Corbett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108003490, 978-1108003490\nSynopsis\nAs Europe was poised on the cusp of the Great War [tel], issues of national defence were of paramount concern. Despite the importance to German security of concentrating its resources on continental defence within Europe, the preceding years had been steeped in the cult of the navy. Germany's daunting pursuit of Weltpolitik had raised a serious challenge to traditional British naval hegemony. At issue were the future course of international relations, economic development and, crucially, the balance of power on both regional and global scales. Published in early 1914, some papers in this volume reviewed historic contributions of the British navy, offering a.