British naval policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, 1866-1880 /

British naval policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, 1866-1880 /

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, ref...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beeler, John F. 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Gladstone, W. E. > (William Ewart), > 1809-1898.
Disraeli, Benjamin, > 1804-1881.
1800-1901
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Military policy.
History.
Naval history.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Defense
  • 12. Conclusion
  • 13. Epilogue: The End of an Era.

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