Warships After Washington: The Development of Five Major

Warships After Washington: The Development of Five Major Fleers, 1922–1930

The Washington Treaty of 1922, designed to head off a potentially dangerous arms race between the major naval powers, agreed to legally binding limits on the numbers and sizes of the principal warship types. In doing so, it introduced a new constraint into naval architecture and sponsored many ingenious attempts to maximise the power of ships built within those restrictions. It effectively banned the construction of new battleships for a decade, but threw greater emphasis on large cruisers.rn This much is broadly understood by anyone with an interest in warships, but both the wider context of the treaty and the detail ramifications of its provisions are little understood. The approach of this book is novel in combining coverage of the political and strategic background of the treaty â€“ and the subsequent London Treaty of 1930 â€“ with analysis of exactly how the navies of Britain, the USA, Japan, France and Italy responded, in terms of the types of warships they built and the precise characteristics of those designs. This was not just a matter of capital ships and cruisers, but also influenced the development of super-destroyers and large submarines.rn Now for the first time warship enthusiasts and historians can understand fully the rationale behind much of inter-war naval procurement. The Washington Treaty was a watershed, and this book provides an important insight into its full significance.
Country USA
Brand Seaforth Publishing
Manufacturer Seaforth Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-11-21
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	Seaforth Publishing
Manufacturer	Seaforth Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-11-21
Format	Kindle eBook

Warships After Washington: The Development of Five Major Fleers, 1922–1930

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