Britain and the Mine, 1900-1915 Culture, Strategy and International Law /

This book examines Britain's complex relationship with the mine in the years 1900-1915. The development of mine warfare represented a unique mix of challenges and opportunities for Britain in the years before the First World War. The mine represented the antithesis of British maritime culture i...

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Main Author: Dunley, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Great Britain-History.
Military history.
Europe-History-1492-.
Law-History.
History, Modern.
ISBN:9783319728209
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Mining in a cultural context
  • Chapter 3. British attitudes to mining before 1904
  • Chapter 4. Mine warfare in the Russo-Japanese War: the Royal Navy perspective
  • Chapter 5. The Russo-Japanese War: outrage and response
  • Chapter 6. Mining and international law: Britain and the Hague Conference
  • Chapter 7. The strategic shift: the origins of British mine warfare
  • Chapter 8. Development and institutionalisation: offensive mining 1906-09
  • Chapter 9. Strategic flux and technical failure
  • Chapter 10. The test of conflict
  • Chapter 11. War, law and diplomacy
  • Chapter 12. Conclusion
  • Archival Sources
  • Index. .

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