Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
About the Book Series
This series consists primarily of original manuscripts by research scholars in the general area of naval policy and history, without national or chronological limitations.
The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period: An Operational Perspective
1st Edition
By Joseph Moretz
September 11, 2014
Joseph Moretz's innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval policy and planning of the time. Drawing heavily on official Admiralty records and private papers of ...
The Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917-49
1st Edition
By Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones
August 12, 2014
An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new book shows how until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft which relied heavily on the surface for movement and ...
Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs, 1935-53
1st Edition
By Mikhail Monakov, Jurgen Rohwer
July 17, 2014
A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian....
Twenty-First Century Seapower: Cooperation and Conflict at Sea
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Dutton, Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø
March 07, 2014
This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced ...
Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919
1st Edition
By Eric W. Osborne
February 14, 2014
Great Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the victory of the Entente. Though Britain had been the leading exponent of blockades for two centuries, the World War I blockade was not effective at the outbreak of hostilities. Pre-war changes had led to...
Empire, Technology and Seapower: Royal Navy crisis in the age of Palmerston
1st Edition
By Howard J. Fuller
December 21, 2013
This book examines British naval diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, showing how the mid-Victorian Royal Navy suffered serious challenges during the period. Many recent works have attempted to depict the mid-Victorian Royal Navy as all-powerful, innovative, and ...
Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939: Grand Strategy and Failure
1st Edition
By Donald Stoker
November 07, 2013
The strategy of the British and French prior to World War II was to preserve the status quo after the disaster of World War I. Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic ...
The Road to Oran: Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939-July 1940
1st Edition
By David Brown
October 23, 2013
On 3 July 1940, soon after the collapse of the French front and France's request for an armistice, a reluctant Royal Navy commander opened fire on the French Navy squadron at Mers-el-Kebir. Some 1,300 French sailors lost their lives. The late David Brown's detailed account finally conveys an ...
Maritime Private Security: Market Responses to Piracy, Terrorism and Waterborne Security Risks in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Cullen, Claude Berube
October 03, 2013
This book examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector. The private security industry continues to evolve after its renaissance over the past few decades, first in Africa, and later in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite this, little ...
Naval Power and Expeditionary Wars: Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare
1st Edition
Edited
By Bruce A. Elleman, S.C.M. Paine
October 03, 2013
This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory. Naval powers, which can lack the massive ground forces to win in the main theatre, often choose a ...
Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific: The Triumph of Neptune?
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Till, Patrick Bratton
October 03, 2013
With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant expansion of sea-based economies together with burgeoning naval power. Many claim that these processes will transform the world’s future ...
Naval Modernisation in South-East Asia: Nature, Causes and Consequences
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Till, Jane Chan
August 01, 2013
This edited volume analyses the naval arms race in South-East Asia, and reviews the content, purposes and consequences of the naval policies and development of the main countries of the region. The rise of naval capability in the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region is increasingly recognised as a...