1st Edition
The Crisis of British Sea Power The Collapse of a Naval Hegemon 1942
By James Levy
Copyright 2024
158 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
158 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
158 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.
Great Britain undertook a massive naval building program in the late-1930s in order to deter aggression and secure dominance at sea against her nascent enemies, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. But the failure of the policy of Appeasement to... Read more
1. Prelude to crisis: May 1941 to November 1941 2. Crisis: December 1941 3. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul January-March 1942 4. The nadir of Royal Navy fortunes April-July 1942 5. An Anemic Recovery: August and Operation “Pedestal” 6. Finding its place in a new world: September through December 1942
Biography
James P. Levy is the author of The Royal Navy’s Home Fleet in World War II (2001) and Appeasement and Rearmament (2006). He earned his doctorate in Modern History from the University of Wales and teaches at Hofstra University.
