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100 1 $aBeeler, John F.$q(John Francis),$d1956-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97078743
245 10 $aBritish naval policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, 1866-1880 /$cJohn F. Beeler.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c1997.
300 $axviii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-344) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: The Industrial Revolution and the Navy --$g2.$tStrategic Parameters --$g3.$tAdministration, Politics, and Economics --$g4.$tDerby, Disraeli, and a Mutinous Admiralty, 1866-1868 --$g5.$tHugh Childers at the Admiralty, 1868-1870 --$g6.$tOf Captains and Lords --$g7.$tCollapse and Recovery, 1870-1874 --$g8.$tPolitics, Finance, and the Navy, 1874-1880 --$g9.$tAdmiralty Administration: Childers, Goschen, and the Historians --$g10.$tRivals --$g11.$tStrategic Planning and Imperial Defense --$g12.$tConclusion --$g13.$tEpilogue: The End of an Era.
520 $aThis book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, with an emphasis on the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. This period has sometimes been characterized as the "dark age" of modern British naval history, reflecting not only the comparative lack of research on the period, but also the marginal role played by the Royal Navy during a time of peace.
520 8 $aThe author takes a fresh look at the navy's role, which traditionally has been viewed negatively in the wake of the reconceptualization of naval strategy brought about by Mahan and the changed global circumstances of the 1890's.
520 8 $aAgainst a background of rapid industrialization and economic transformation, the author describes the structure of British naval administration in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, assesses the important reforms of that structure by the Liberal politician Hugh Childers, and examines the strategic and operational contexts of the navy itself.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056847
600 10 $aGladstone, W. E.$q(William Ewart),$d1809-1898.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018726
650 0 $aMilitary policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085264
600 10 $aDisraeli, Benjamin,$d1804-1881.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095587
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yVictoria, 1837-1901.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100235
852 00 $bglx$hDA88$i.B44 1997