Last century of sea power . Volume 2 From Washington to Tokyo, 1922-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / H.P. Willmott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457943703321
• Autore: Willmott H. P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-280-59641-4; 9786613626240; 0-253-00356-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (582 p.)
• Disciplina: 359/.0309041
• Soggetti: Naval history, Modern - 19th century; Naval history, Modern - 20th century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part 1. Definitions and Terms of Reference; Introduction; One The Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; Appendix 1.1. The Pacific and the East Indies in the Nineteenth Century; Two The Greco-Turkish War of 1897; Three The Spanish-American War of 1898; Appendix 3.1. The Actions in the Philippines and the American Order of Battle; Appendix 3.2. The Campaign on Puerto Rico; Four The Shifting Balance of Power; Appendix 4.1. The German 1898 Building Program; Appendix 4.2. The Boxer Rebellion and South Africa; Part 2. From Port Arthur to Bucharest, 1898 to 1913 Introduction; Five The Russo-Japanese War: The First Phases; Appendix 5.1. Submarines and the Russo-Japanese War; Appendix 5.2. The Japanese Attack at Port Arthur, 8 February 1904; Appendix 5.3. The Second and Third Blocking Operations; Appendix 5.4. The Order of Battle in the Action of 10 August 1904; Appendix 5.5. The Fate of Russian Ships with the 1st Pacific Squadron at Port Arthur; Six The Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima and Its Aftermath; Appendix 6.1. The Fate of Russian Ships with the 2nd and 3rd Pacific Squadrons; Appendix 6.2. Japanese Warships Sunk and Damaged at the Battle off ; Tsushima Appendix 6.3. The Campaign on Sakhalin; Appendix 6.4. The Opening of the Portsmouth Conference; Seven The Dreadnought Naval Race; Appendix 7.1. British and German Battleship and Battlecruiser Programs and Construction, 1905-1914: Summary by Year; Appendix 7.2. British and German Capital Ship Programs and Construction, 1905-1913; Appendix 7.3. The Battleships and Battlecruisers of the Major Powers, 1905-1913; Eight Prelude to the First World War; Part 3. From Sarajevo to Constantinople, 1914 to 1922; Introduction; Appendix Part 3. Intro.1 British Trade in the First World War a. The Volume of Imports Entering British ports in 1913,1917, and 1918 by Commodities; b. Cargoes and British Ports, 1913-1919; Appendix Part 3. Intro.2 Shipping and the Major Allied and Neutral Powers in the First World War: Gains and Losses; Nine The War in Northern Waters; Appendix 9.1. The Battle off Heligoland, 28 August 1914; Appendix 9.2. The Battles off Coronel, 1 November, and the Falklands, 8 December 1914; Appendix 9.3. The Battle off the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915; Appendix 9.4. The Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 June 1916 Appendix 9.5. The Scale of Convoy Escorts Assigned to Various Ports, 1917-1918 and the Expansion of the British Navy between 1914 and 1918; a. The Scale of Convoy Escorts assigned to Various Ports, 1917-1918; b. The Wartime Expansion of the British Navy; Appendix 9.6. Convoys and Losses: May 1917-November 1918; Appendix 9.7. U-boat and Shipping Losses in the First World War; a. Total German U-boat, Aggregate Allied and Neutral, and British Shipping Losses to Enemy Action and Sinkings by German Regional Formations in the First World War; b. German Figures Relating to the Sinkings of Allied and Neutral Merchantmen by Submarines and by Regional Commands
• Sommario/riassunto: The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward rapidly by the advent of the dreadnought and the nearly continuous state of war that culminated in World War I. By 1922, most of the elements that would define sea power in the 20th century were in place. Written by one of our foremost military historians, this volume acknowledges the complex nature of this transformation, focusing on imperialism, the growth of fleets, changes in shipbuilding and armament technology, and doctrines abo