The last century of sea power. Volume 1, From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922 /
The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward rapidly by the advent of the dreadnought and the nearly continuous state of war that culminated in World War I. By 1922, most of the elements...
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part 1. Definitions and Terms of Reference; Introduction; One The Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; Appendix 1.1. The Pacific and the East Indies in the Nineteenth Century; Two The Greco-Turkish War of 1897; Three The Spanish-American War of 1898; Appendix 3.1. The Actions in the Philippines and the American Order of Battle; Appendix 3.2. The Campaign on Puerto Rico; Four The Shifting Balance of Power; Appendix 4.1. The German 1898 Building Program; Appendix 4.2. The Boxer Rebellion and South Africa.