《British and American Naval Power》是Praeger出版的圖書，作者是Phillips Payson O'Brien。
基本介紹
- 外文名：British and American Naval Power
- 作者：Phillips Payson O'Brien
- 出版時間：1998年4月23日
- 出版社：Praeger
- 頁數：286 頁
- ISBN：9780275958985
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
US and British naval power developed in quite different ways in the early 20th century before the Second World War. This study compares, contrasts and evaluates both British and American naval power as well as the politics that led to the development of each. Naval power was the single greatest manifestation of national power for both countries. Their armies were small and their air forces only existed for part of the period covered. For Great Britain, naval power was vital to her very existence, and for the US, naval power was far and away the most effective tool the country could use to exercise armed influence around the world. Therefore, the decisions made about the relative strengths of the two navies were in many ways the most important strategic choices the British and American governments ever made. An important book for military historians and those interested in the exercise and the extension of power.
