ABSTRACT
This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
PART I: PREPARING FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR
chapter |19 pages
Italian Warship Construction and Maritime Strategy, 1873-1915
chapter |14 pages
Japanese Naval Construction, 1878–1918
chapter |17 pages
The French Navy, 1880–1914
chapter |16 pages
Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat in Germany, 1880-1914
chapter |22 pages
Admiral Sir John Fisher and the Concept of Flotilla Defence, 1904-9
part |1 pages
PART II: PREPARING FOR THE SECOND WORLD WAR
chapter |16 pages
Japanese Naval Construction, 1919–41
chapter |19 pages
German Naval Strategy and Armament, 1919–39
chapter |20 pages
British Naval Procurement and Technological Change, 1919-39
part |1 pages
PART III: PREPARING FOR THE COLD WAR
chapter |20 pages
The Russian Navy in the Gorshkov Era
chapter |15 pages
The Royal Navy, 1945–90
chapter |16 pages
Purposes and Platforms in the US Navy, 1945–90
part |1 pages
PART IV: PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WAR