Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

Britain's Anti-submarine Capability 1919-1939

By George Franklin

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

Britain's Anti-Submarine Capability, 1919-1939 is the first unified study of the development of Britain's anti-submarine capability between the armistice in 1919 and the onset of the second world German submarine attack on Britain's maritime trade in 1939. Well researched and yet accessibly written...

Published April 7th 2015 by Routledge

Chinese Grand Strategy and Maritime Power

By Thomas M. Kane

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This challenging new book argues that the People's Republic of China is pursuing a long-term strategy to extend its national power by sea....

Published December 23rd 2014 by Routledge

The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period

An Operational Perspective

By Joseph Moretz

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

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...

Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge

Navies of South-East Asia

A Comparative Study

By James Goldrick, Jack McCaffrie

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development and operations of the navies of South-East Asia since the end of World War II. The navies of South-East Asia have rarely been the subject of systematic attention but, as the maritime strategic balance within Asia becomes more complex...

Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge

The Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917-49

By Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new book shows how until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft which relied heavily on the surface for movement and...

Published August 15th 2014 by Routledge

Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet

Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs, 1935-53

By Mikhail Monakov, Jurgen Rohwer

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian....

Published July 17th 2014 by Routledge

Maritime Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Drivers and Challenges

By Christian Le Mière

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era. Maritime diplomacy encompasses a spectrum of activities, from co-operative measures such as port visits, exercises and humanitarian assistance to persuasive deployment and coercion. It is an activity no longer confined to just...

Published April 28th 2014 by Routledge

Twenty-First Century Seapower

Cooperation and Conflict at Sea

Edited by Peter Dutton, Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced...

Published March 10th 2014 by Routledge

Empire, Technology and Seapower

Royal Navy crisis in the age of Palmerston

By Howard J. Fuller

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This book examines British naval diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, showing how the mid-Victorian Royal Navy suffered serious challenges during the period. Many recent works have attempted to depict the mid-Victorian Royal Navy as all-powerful, innovative, and...

Published December 13th 2013 by Routledge

Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939

Grand Strategy and Failure

By Donald Stoker

Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

The strategy of the British and French prior to World War II was to preserve the status quo after the disaster of World War I. Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic...

Published November 11th 2013 by Routledge