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This book describes and analyses two iconic figures in
twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von
Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov. It examines the
men, what they thought and wrote about seapower, the fleets they
created and the strategic consequences of what they did. More
broadly, it draws on the respective histories of the post-1897
Imperial German Navy and the post-1956 Soviet Navy to examine the
continental bid for large-scale seapower. The work argues that both
individuals built navies that did not, and could not, fulfil the
objectives for which they were created. Drawing on the legacies of
both men, the book also develops some wider ideas about the
creation of large navies by continental states, with cautionary
lessons for today's emerging powers, India and China. Both admirals
have received book-length biographies, but this is the first
attempt at a comparative study and the first to draw broader
strategic lessons from their respective attempts as continental
navalists to challenge maritime states. This book will be of much
interest to students of naval history, strategic studies and
International Relations.
This book describes and analyses two iconic figures in
twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von
Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov. It examines the
men, what they thought and wrote about seapower, the fleets they
created and the strategic consequences of what they did. More
broadly, it draws on the respective histories of the post-1897
Imperial German Navy and the post-1956 Soviet Navy to examine the
continental bid for large-scale seapower. The work argues that both
individuals built navies that did not, and could not, fulfil the
objectives for which they were created. Drawing on the legacies of
both men, the book also develops some wider ideas about the
creation of large navies by continental states, with cautionary
lessons for today's emerging powers, India and China. Both admirals
have received book-length biographies, but this is the first
attempt at a comparative study and the first to draw broader
strategic lessons from their respective attempts as continental
navalists to challenge maritime states. This book will be of much
interest to students of naval history, strategic studies and
International Relations.
Britain was the first country to come under sustained ballistic
missile attack, during 1944--45. Defence against ballistic missiles
has been a persistent, if highly variable, subject of political
policy and technical investigation ever since. The British Second
World War experience of trying to counter the V-2 attacks contained
many elements of subsequent responses to ballistic missile threats:
an uncertain intelligence picture; the establishment of an
early-warning system; a counter-force campaign to destroy rockets
on the ground; passive defence measures to ameliorate the effects
of missile strikes; and elaborate but untried active defences to
intercept missiles in flight. After the war, a reasonably accurate
picture of Soviet missile capabilities was not achieved until the
early 1960s, by which time the problem of early warning had largely
been solved. Early British efforts to develop active defences,
however, foundered because of the formidable technical challenges
and limited resources, but some defences were established by the
Americans and the Soviets. the country's own defences towards the
wider consequences of US and Soviet deployments. British concerns
centred around the implications of active defence for strategic
stability, the arms-control process and the credibility of the UK's
small nuclear deterrent. The British government had to respond
three times to American defence programmes, though each time its
worries were ultimately assuaged. Soviet defences around Moscow
were more problematic and resulted in a sophisticated and expensive
project -- Chevaline -- to overcome them. After the end of the Cold
War there was renewed interest in a limited active-defence
capability against Third World missile threats. A series of
technical and policy studies has yet to result in a procurement
decision, but looks increasingly likely in coming years. This
well-researched book is primarily aimed at students of post-war
British foreign and defence policies, but will also be of interest
to informed general readers.
Britain was the first country to come under sustained ballistic
missile attack, during 1944-45. Defense against ballistic missiles
has been a persistent, if highly variable, subject of political
policy and technical investigation ever since.
The British Second World War experience of trying to counter the
V-2 attacks contained many elements of subsequent responses to
ballistic missile threats: an uncertain intelligence picture; the
establishment of an early-warning system; a counter-force campaign
to destroy rockets on the ground; passive defense measures to
ameliorate the effects of missile strikes; and elaborate but
untried active defenses to intercept missiles in flight.
After the war, a reasonably accurate picture of Soviet missile
capabilities was not achieved until the early 1960s, by which time
the problem of early warning had largely been solved. Early British
efforts to develop active defenses, however, foundered because of
the formidable technical challenges and limited resources, but some
defenses were established by the Americans and the Soviets.
From the mid-1960s on, British attention shifted away from the
development of the country's own defenses towards the wider
consequences of US and Soviet deployments. British concerns
centered around the implications of active defense for strategic
stability, the arms-control process and the credibility of the UK's
small nuclear deterrent. The British government had to respond
three times to American defense programs, though each time its
worries were ultimately assuaged. Soviet defenses around Moscow
were more problematic and resulted in a sophisticated and expensive
project - Chevaline - to overcome them. After the endof the Cold
War there was renewed interest in a limited active-defense
capability against Third World missile threats. A series of
technical and policy studies has yet to result in a procurement
decision, but looks increasingly likely in coming years. This
well-researched book is primarily aimed at students of post-war
British foreign and defense policies, but will also be of interest
to informed general readers.
U.S. plans for missile defense have been a contentious issue in
transatlantic relations for nearly 40 years. Notwithstanding the
recent focus on events in Iraq, ballistic missile defense (BMD)
remains a significant part of American defense policy, and an
aspect that continues to generate interest and concern abroad. At
the same time, U.S. allies have potentially important roles to play
in American missile defense and have developing requirements of
their own. This monograph, by Dr. Jeremy Stocker, seeks to examine
the many facets of the role that Britain, America's closest and
strongest ally, plays in missile defense, and to identify the ways
in which disagreements can be minimized and cooperation enhanced,
to mutual benefit.
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