The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period: An Operational Perspective

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Routledge, 6 déc. 2012 - 322 pages
Joseph Moretz's innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval policy and planning of the time. Drawing heavily on official Admiralty records and private papers of leading officers, the author examines the navy's operational experience and the evolution of its tactical doctrine during the interwar period. He argues that operational experience, combined with assumptions about the nature of a future naval war, were more important in keeping the battleship afloat than conservatism in Navy.
 

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List of Illustrations Series Editors Preface
Acknowledgements
The Postwar Capital Ship Controversy
The Experience of the Late
Imperial Naval Policy and the Capital Ship Controversy
The Influence of Arms Control and the Treasury on the Interwar Royal Navy
The Evolution of the Capital Ship
British Interwar Naval Strategy
The Operational Employment of the Capital Ship
The Development of Battlefleet Tactics
Naval Estimates of the Period
Areas of Royal Navy Operational Employment during the Interwar
Areas of Capital Ship Active Service Employment during the Interwar
Significant Capital Ship Visits of the Interwar Era V Offensive Chemical Warfare in the Royal Navy
Heavy Ship Gunnery Problems Investigated 19191939

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