"Luxury fleet" : the Imperial German Navy, 1888-1918 / Holger H. Herwig
1980, First Edition. London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #473001
ISBN: 0049430238
Physical description; 314 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-300) and index. Contents; Modest beginnings: the Prussian/German naval tradition to 1888 -- Kaiser Wilhelm II: the years of hope and misdirection, 1888-1898 -- The "new course": Alred V. Tirpitz, architect of the battle fleet, 1897-1905 -- The dreadnought challenge: the master plan goes awry, 1905-1911 -- "We have them up against the wall": denouement, 1912-1914 -- A place in the sun: the German colonial empire and the navy, 1884-1914 -- "Men fight, not ships": the personnel of the imperial German navy -- August 1914: the war that came too soon -- Jutland 1916: missed opportunity or fortunate escape? -- "Museum of experiments": the end of the battleship era, 1914-1918 -- "Between the Thames and Helgoland": German naval policies, 1917-1918 -- The sun sets: Scapa flow, 21 June 1919. Subjects; Germany Kriegsmarine History. Germany Kriegsmarine. Geschichte 1888-1918. 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, German. Military operations, Naval German. Marine.
Price: €30.00