The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period

Download or read book The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period written by Joseph Moretz and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moretz reconsiders the role of the capital ship--battleship and battle cruiser--in the Royal Navy between the world wars. He analyzes why the capital ship was deemed central to British naval planning of that time, taking into account the navy's operational experience, the evolution of its tactical doctrine, its assumptions about the nature of a future war at sea, and the strategic threats apparent at the time. Moretz is an analyst with the US Navy; this study is based on his 1999 dissertation for King's College, London. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR