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... American superpower has found itself assuming a wide variety of diplomatic and military obligations in the post - 1945 period , some in consequence of trade expansion and ' informal empire ' , others in response to requests for military ...
... American superpower has found itself assuming a wide variety of diplomatic and military obligations in the post - 1945 period , some in consequence of trade expansion and ' informal empire ' , others in response to requests for military ...
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... American argument on these lines is that by McGeorge Bundy , George F. Kennan , Robert S. McNamara and Gerard Smith , ' Nuclear Weapons and the Atlantic Alliance ' , Foreign Affairs ( Spring , 1982 ) pp . 753-68 . 15. Daily Telegraph ...
... American argument on these lines is that by McGeorge Bundy , George F. Kennan , Robert S. McNamara and Gerard Smith , ' Nuclear Weapons and the Atlantic Alliance ' , Foreign Affairs ( Spring , 1982 ) pp . 753-68 . 15. Daily Telegraph ...
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... American rebellion , Britain's military headache was increased . It was one thing to seize an island , quite another to control a continent . The American countryside was rough , communications were poor , and many regions could not sup ...
... American rebellion , Britain's military headache was increased . It was one thing to seize an island , quite another to control a continent . The American countryside was rough , communications were poor , and many regions could not sup ...
Contents
Definition of the term sea power and its various stages the Navalist emphasis upon | 9 |
THE EARLY YEARS OF ENGLISH SEA POWER TO 1603 | 13 |
THE STUART NAVY | 37 |
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Admiralty aircraft alliance allies American Anglo-Japanese alliance army Atlantic balance battle battle-cruisers battle-fleet battleships blockade Britain Britain's naval British Empire British government British naval British sea power campaign cent colonial commerce consequences continent continental cruisers decisive decline defeat defence destroyers Dreadnought Dutch East economic effective enemy enemy's England English Europe European expansion expenditure exports fact favourable fighting forces France French German Grand Fleet High Seas Fleet imperial important increased India industry Influence of Sea Japan land later London Mahan Marder maritime Mediterranean merchant military million Napoleon Naval History naval mastery naval power navalists Navy's North Sea overseas trade Pax Britannica peace political position possessed Power upon History Revolution rise role Royal Navy Russia Scapa Flow sea power Seven Years War Spain Spanish squadron Statesmen and Sea strategical strength struggle submarines superiority threat tion U-boats United vessels victory warfare wars warships West Indies