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Book Review: The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era: Ideas, Culture and Strategy. Robert Mullins and John Beeler

Book Review: <i>The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era: Ideas, Culture and Strategy</i>. Robert Mullins and John Beeler

Mass action models of Falklands War battles

Mass action models of Falklands War battles

The Naval Historian and His Sources

naval history as a formal field of research and writAMERICAN ing is of relatively recent origin. Its beginnings reach back into the 19th century with the works of James Fenimore Cooper, and it was given a tremendous boost by the writings of Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan at the turn of the century. Since then interest in naval history has spread, especially since World War II, until today more scholars than ever before are engaged in active research. Naval history, however, was slow to develop as an academic field. The hallowed tradition of the late 19th century and early 20th century was that naval history should be written by officers, ex-officers, or civilians closely connected with the service. This type of naval literature, although a pioneering effort, left much to be desired. The glamour of naval operations, the heroics of battle, and the thrill of escapes at sea enthralled a generation of readers. The public's image of the United States Navy was molded in large part by writers whose personal tastes dictated the choice of events around which they wove their stories. Mercifully, during the 1920's, authors of American naval history ceased to consider their field as merely a branch of literature and attempted to write Naval officers and a handful of academicians trained in the scientific method sought to make generalizations. They depended primarily upon their own ingenuity for gathering materials, and the quality of their work depended upon their training and initiative. Their search for objectivity sometimes hampered their pursuit of broad inferences. A corner was turned in 1933 when James Phinney Baxter III published The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship (Cambridge, 1933). This book was a wonderful stimulus to scholarship. The time had come, historians realized, to explore areas other than operations, and they began preparing the way for the development of formal naval history. The most significant of these general works was the two-volume survey by Harold and Margaret Sprout, The Rise of American Naval Power, ijj6-igi8 (Princeton, 1939) and Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene (Princeton, 1940) . While the Sprouts were probing the political aspects of the United States Navy, Bernard Brodie in his Sea Power in the Machine Age (Princeton, 1941 ) was concerned with the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the chang-

Letter to the Editor—The Fiske Model of Warfare

It appears that Lanchester's well-known N-square Law, described in his book Aircraft in Warfare (Lanchester, F. W. 1916. Aircraft in warfare the dawn of the fourth arm. Constable and Company, Ltd., London.) and published in 1916, was anticipated at least ten years either by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. As reported by Robison in A History of Naval Tactics (Robison, Rear Adm S. S. [U.S. Navy (Ret)], Robison, Mary L. 1942. A history of naval tactics from 1530 to 1930. U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis.), the Naval Institute Prize for 1905 was awarded to Rear Admiral (then Commander) Bradley A. Fiske for an essay titled “American Naval Policy”.

Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922

Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922

Toward a New Order of Sea Power. American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922. Harold Sprout, Margaret Sprout

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsToward a New Order of Sea Power. American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922. Harold Sprout, Margaret SproutCharles Callan TansillCharles Callan Tansill Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Modern History Volume 13, Number 4Dec., 1941 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/236581 Views: 1Total views on this site Copyright 1941 The Universtiy of Chicago PressPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

&lt;italic&gt;Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918–1922&lt;/italic&gt;. By Harold and Margaret Sprout. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1940. Pp. xiii, 332. $3.75.)

Journal Article Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918–1922. By Harold and Margaret Sprout. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1940. Pp. xiii, 332. $3.75.) Get access Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918–1922. By Harold and Sprout Margaret. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1940. Pp. xiii, 332. $3.75.) Carroll S. Alden Carroll S. Alden United States Naval Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 47, Issue 1, October 1941, Pages 167–168, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/47.1.167 Published: 01 October 1941

Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922

Toward a New Order of Sea Power: American Naval Policy and the World Scene, 1918-1922

A Navy Second to None. The Development of Modern American Naval Policy

A Navy Second to None. The Development of Modern American Naval Policy Get access A Navy Second to None. The Development of Modern American Naval Policy. By Davis George T.. 1940. (New York : Harcourt, Brace. 8vo. xiii + 508 pp. $3.75.) Richmond Herbert Richmond Herbert Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs Review Supplement, Volume 19, Issue 2, October 1940, Page 116, https://doi.org/10.2307/3025646 Published: 01 October 1940

The Influence of History Upon Sea Power: A Comment on American Naval Policy

The Influence of History Upon Sea Power: A Comment on American Naval Policy

America’s Need of Sea Power

Essay| December 01 1934 America’s Need of Sea Power Herbert Corey* Herbert Corey* *Mr. Corey, a war correspondent throughout the World War and now president of the Overseas Writers in Washington, is well qualified to discuss American naval policy by reason of his long and intimate study of the subject. He covered the Washington Arms Conference and has since been in a position to acquire information that enables him to write on naval affairs in an authoritative manner.This article follows Hector C. Bywater’s in CURRENT HISTORY for October which gave a British view of the issues of next year’s naval conference and Captain Gumpei Sekine’s in the November number, which presented the Japanese official attitude. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1934) 41 (3): 264–272. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1934.41.3.264 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Herbert Corey*; America’s Need of Sea Power. Current History 1 October 1934; 41 (3): 264–272. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1934.41.3.264 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCurrent History Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1934 by The Regents of the University of California1934 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.