British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none', one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America's vital economic interests. This book reveals that when the United States offered to substitute naval equality for its emerging naval supremacy, the British, nonetheless, used the resulting two major international arms-control conferences of the 1920s to ensure its continued naval dominance.
Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Author: Donald J. Lisio (Coe College, Iowa)
Format: Hardback, 344 pages, 158mm x 235mm, 630 g
Published: 2014, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
Genre: International Relations
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none', one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America's vital economic interests. This book reveals that when the United States offered to substitute naval equality for its emerging naval supremacy, the British, nonetheless, used the resulting two major international arms-control conferences of the 1920s to ensure its continued naval dominance.
Donald J. Lisio is the Henrietta Arnold Professor Emeritus of History at Coe College. His previous publications include The President and Protest: Hoover, Conspiracy, and the Bonus Riot (1974) and Hoover, Blacks, and Lily Whites: A Study of Southern Strategies (1994). He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.