HMS Dreadnought (1906) is closely associated with the age of
empire, the Anglo-German antagonism and the naval arms race before
the First World War. Yet it was also linked with a range of other
contexts - political and cultural, national and international -
that were central to the Edwardian period. The chapters in this
volume investigate these contexts and their intersection in this
symbolically charged icon of the Edwardian age. In reassessing the
most famous warship of the period, this collection not only
considers the strategic and operational impact of this 'all big
gun' battleship, but also explores the many meanings Dreadnought
had in politics and culture, including national and imperial
sentiment, gender relations and concepts of masculinity, public
spectacle and images of technology, and ideas about modernity and
decline. The volume brings together historians from different
backgrounds, working on naval and technological history, politics
and international relations, as well as culture and gender. This
diverse approach to the subject ensures that the book offers a
timely revision of the Dreadnought and the Edwardian Age.'
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