Through planning for a war against Japan the Royal Navy was able to test its readiness for a future war and many lessons learnt during this period were ultimately put to good use against a different foe in 1939.
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To understand why British naval policy in the Far East was so unsuccessful when the Japanese entered World War II, the author takes the reader back to the end of World War I and examines the roots of British naval strategy.
"Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest naval force in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious ene…
Through planning for a war against Japan the Royal Navy was able to test its readiness for a future war and many lessons learnt during this period were ultimately put to good use against a different foe in 1939.
Informationstidsalderens indflydelse på fremtidig krigsførelse, set på baggrund af en analyse af den klassiske opfattelse af Clausewitz' teori om krigens væsen.
Will the information age witness a transformation in the nature of war? Putting the notion to the test, the author uses a range of contexts to assess whether the Clausewitzian nature of war will retain its validity.
Much of today's Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the information age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In this book, David Lonsdale puts that notion to the test.
"Using a range of contexts, the book sets out to look at whether the classical Clausewitzian theory of the nature of war will retain its validity in this new age. The analysis covers the character of the future battlespace, the function of command and the much-hyped concept of S…