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Militarism in a Global Age : Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States Before World War I.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The United States in the World SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (433 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801463884
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Militarism in a Global AgeDDC classification:
  • 359/.03094309034
LOC classification:
  • VA513
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Maritime Militarism in Two Modern Nation-States -- Part I: Military Force, National Industry, and Global Politics: Naval Strategies of World Power -- 1. World Power in a Global Age -- 2. Big-Power Confrontations over Empire -- 3. Maritime Force, Threat, and War -- Part II: The Cult of the Battle: Approaches to Maritime Warfare -- 4. War of Battle Fleets -- 5. Planning for Victory -- 6. Commerce, Law, and the Limitation of War -- Part III: The Quest for Power: The Navy, Governance, and the Nation -- 7. Naval Elites and the State -- 8. Manufacturing Consent -- 9. A Politics of Social Imperialism -- Part IV: A Militarism of Experts: Naval Professionalism and the Making of Navalism -- 10. Of Sciences, Sea Power, and Strategy -- 11. Between Leadership and Intraservice Conflict -- Conclusion: Navalism and Its Trajectories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Dirk Bönker explores the far-reaching ambitions of German and U.S. naval officers before World War I as they advanced navalism, a particular brand of modern militarism that stressed the paramount importance of sea power.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Maritime Militarism in Two Modern Nation-States -- Part I: Military Force, National Industry, and Global Politics: Naval Strategies of World Power -- 1. World Power in a Global Age -- 2. Big-Power Confrontations over Empire -- 3. Maritime Force, Threat, and War -- Part II: The Cult of the Battle: Approaches to Maritime Warfare -- 4. War of Battle Fleets -- 5. Planning for Victory -- 6. Commerce, Law, and the Limitation of War -- Part III: The Quest for Power: The Navy, Governance, and the Nation -- 7. Naval Elites and the State -- 8. Manufacturing Consent -- 9. A Politics of Social Imperialism -- Part IV: A Militarism of Experts: Naval Professionalism and the Making of Navalism -- 10. Of Sciences, Sea Power, and Strategy -- 11. Between Leadership and Intraservice Conflict -- Conclusion: Navalism and Its Trajectories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Dirk Bönker explores the far-reaching ambitions of German and U.S. naval officers before World War I as they advanced navalism, a particular brand of modern militarism that stressed the paramount importance of sea power.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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