British and American Naval Power Politics and Policy, 1900-1936

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military History
• Military Studies » Arms Control/Defense
• History » American Diplomatic History
• History » American History -- 1900 to 1945

Reviews:

• The comparative focus makes this a valuable contribution to the historiography of both navies and to understanding defense policy during the first half of the 20th century.
  —Choice
• This important new book revisits some of the best known areas of modern naval history, providing fresh and rewarding insights....[T]his is an impressive book that will reward all students of twentieth century naval power.
  —The American Neptune
• O'Brien's rejection of rivalry over naval supremacy as the focal point of Anglo-US naval relations during the first half of the twentieth century is valid and a useful corrective to recent literature. His analysis of the shortcomings of Winston Churchill's naval chauvinism during the 1920s is persuasive.
  —The International History Review
• ...O'Briens work is valuable on several counts. It succinctly adumbrates the differences between the two nations' political and popular perceptions of their respective navies and cogently summarizes Britain's streamlined and relatively efficient naval administration with the chaotic, factionalized, and uncoordinated U.S. Navy Department.
  —The Historian

Table of Contents:

• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Before the War
• Naval Policy in Great Britain and the United States
• British Naval Power from the Two Power Standard to 1908
• Theodore Roosevelt and American Naval Power
• The 1909 Naval Estimates Crisis
• From Taft to Wilson
• The Inter-War Years
• Anglo-American Rivalry and the Paris Peace Conference
• The Washington Conference and the Question of Naval Parity
• The Geneva Conference: A Crisis in Anglo-American Relations
• The Highpoint and Collapse of the Naval Arms Control Process
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Bibliography
• Index