British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era

I cannot rate this book too highly. It is of the highest quality, combining accuracy with sustained analytical rigor. It will be welcomed by all naval historians as providing a reassessment of the 19th-century Royal Navy and a reconsideration of the basic issues of British diplomacy in that period. It will remain a standard work for years to come.Andrew Lambert, University of London

Autorentext
John F. Beeler is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama.

Klappentext
This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, with an emphasis on the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. This period has sometimes been characterized as the "dark age" of modern British naval history, reflecting not only the comparative lack of research on the period, but also the marginal role played by the Royal Navy during a time of peace. The author takes a fresh look at the navy's role, which traditionally has been viewed negatively in the wake of the reconceptualization of naval strategy brought about by Mahan and the changed global circumstances of the 1890's.
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Zusammenfassung
This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, emphasising the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated.

Inhalt
Tables; A note on quotations; 1. Introduction: the industrial revolution and the navy; 2. Strategic parameters; 3. Administration, politics and economics; 4. Derby, Disraeli and a mutinous admiralty 1866-1868; 5. Hugh Childers at the admiralty 1868-1870; 6. Of captains and Lords; 7. Collapse and recovery 1870-1874; 8. Politics, finance and the navy 1874-1880; 9. Admiralty administration: Childers, Goschen and the historians; 10. Rivals; 11. Strategic planning and imperial defence; 12. Conclusion; 13. Epilogue; the end of an era; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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