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A Question of Faith, A Matter of Tactics: The Royal Navy and the Washington Naval Agreement
February 26, 2023
At the conclusion of the Washington Conference in February 1922, statesmen had good reason to feel satisfied at their handiwork.[Those attending the conference included the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, China, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal with representatives from India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand attached to the British delegation.] A naval arms … CONTINUE READING ❯
Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought
December 27, 2022
Those writing on naval affairs will ever be indebted to Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian Corbett, if not the first to put pen to paper and write about navies, then they remain of the first rank of those still cited owing to their breadth of treatment, originality of thought, and continuing influence. More than historians, … CONTINUE READING ❯
21st Century Sims: Innovation, Education, and Leadership for the Modern Era
November 18, 2016
Arguably, Admiral William Sims achieved greatness and professional success in the early twentieth century all while operating against the currents of institutional orthodoxies. Unlike Admiral George Dewey, who secured his renown on the strength of a famous naval victory at Manila Bay, the roots of Sims’ standing owed everything to tenacity of thought, single-mindedness of … CONTINUE READING ❯
21st Century Knox: Influence, Sea Power, and History for the Modern Era
November 18, 2016
Historians are not usually feted by a biography, and rarer yet is the honor bestowed on a naval historian. 21st Century Knox does not claim that mantle, but the collection of essays offered and the commentary provided by David Kohnen suggests something of the continuing debt the U.S. Navy and maritime history, in general, owe … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Last Big Gun: At War and at Sea with HMS Belfast
May 26, 2016
Readers of this forum familiar with London doubtless will have at some point visited the cruiser HMS Belfast which forms a key adjunct to the Imperial War Museum’s record of twentieth century conflict. The Last Big Gun offers the backstory to a portion of that memorial. In the process what is related is not so … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Royal Navy: A History Since 1900
December 6, 2015
Writing a single-volume history of the navy which can claim to possess the greatest and most varied operational experience from the twentieth century forward represents a singularly difficult task. Compression is essential and accepting that much of necessity will fall by the wayside, ensuring that which remains is faithful to the greater story while retaining … CONTINUE READING ❯