The Royal Navy And Maritime Power In The Twentieth Century (cass Series: Naval Policy And History)

This book adopts an innovative new approach to examine the role of maritime power and the utility of navies. It uses a number of case studies based upon key Royal Navy operations in the twentieth century to draw out enduring principles about maritime power and to examine the strengths and limitations of maritime forces as instruments of national policy. Individual chapters focus on campaigns and operations from both World Wars and a series of post-1945 crises and conflicts from the Palestine Patrol in the 1940s to Royal Navy operations in support of British policy in the 1990s. Each case study demonstrates critical features of maritime power including: operations during the transition to war; fleet operations in narrow seas; logistics; submarine operations; the impact of air power on maritime operations; blockade; maritime power projection; amphibious warfare; jurisdictional disputes and the law of the sea; and, peace support operations. The contributors to this book all have considerable experience lecturing on these issues at the United Kingdom Joint Services Command and Staff College, where maritime campaign analysis is used to teach the principles of maritime power to officers of the Royal Navy. The book combines an authoritative examination of critical Royal Navy operations during the twentieth century with a sophisticated analysis of the nature of maritime power. As such it is of both historical interest and contemporary relevance and will prove equally valuable to academic historians, military professionals and the general reader. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 6 COPYRIGHT......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 15 Introduction......Page 18 1 The transition to war the Goeben debacle August 1914......Page 30 2 Sea control in narrow waters the battles of Taranto and Matapan......Page 50 3 Sea denial interdiction and diplomacy The Royal Navy and the role of Malta 1939 1943......Page 67 4 Air power and evacuations Crete 1941......Page 84 5 Amphibious operations the Italian campaign 1943 1945......Page 105 6 Maritime power and complex crises The Royal Navy and the undeclared war with Vichy France 1940 1942......Page 125 7 Quarantine operations The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol......Page 146 8 Maritime jurisdiction and the law of the sea......Page 165 9 Naval diplomacy Operation Vantage 1961......Page 181 10 Operations in a war zone The Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf in the 1980s......Page 198 11 From peacekeeping to peace enforcement The Royal Navy and peace support operations......Page 214 Select bibliography......Page 226 Index......Page 232 Humanities BOOK COVER 1 TITLE 6 COPYRIGHT 7 CONTENTS 8 Contributors 10 Acknowledgements 14 Abbreviations 15 Introduction 18 1 The transition to war the Goeben debacle August 1914 30 2 Sea control in narrow waters the battles of Taranto and Matapan 50 3 Sea denial interdiction and diplomacy The Royal Navy and the role of Malta 1939 1943 67 4 Air power and evacuations Crete 1941 84 5 Amphibious operations the Italian campaign 1943 1945 105 6 Maritime power and complex crises The Royal Navy and the undeclared war with Vichy France 1940 1942 125 7 Quarantine operations The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol 146 8 Maritime jurisdiction and the law of the sea 165 9 Naval diplomacy Operation Vantage 1961 181 10 Operations in a war zone The Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf in the 1980s 198 11 From peacekeeping to peace enforcement The Royal Navy and peace support operations 214 Select bibliography 226 Index 232 "This book provides an authoritative yet accessible analysis of the utility of maritime power and the role of navies by examining a series of case studies concentrating on the experience of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf during the twentieth century."--Jacket Using a number of case studies based upon key Royal Navy operations in the 20th century, Ian Speller discusses the enduring principles of maritime power & examines the strengths & limitations of maritime forces as instruments of national policy The aim of this book is to analyse some of the strengths and limitations of maritime forces as instruments of national power. Edited By Ian Speller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [209]-213) And Index.