Rare WW2 1941 Dated British Naval Policy 1880-1905 By Arthur J Marder

For sale is a Rare WW2 1941 Dated British Naval Policy 1880-1905 By Arthur J Marder.

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The preface states; 

B RITISH naval policy in the ironclad era prior to the serious devel- opment of the German rivalry has been the subject of few special studies. Angela von Schönberg's pioneer work, though detailed and solid, has utilized only the more obvious materials and does not display any great depth. Professor William L. Langer has competently dealt with English navalism generally in the 1890's. The most substan- tial study of the Anglo-German naval rivalry, by E. L. Woodward, re- lies too much on the published documentary sources and treats British public opinion very superficially. Dr. Theodore Ropp's unpublished doctoral dissertation on French naval policy, which has incorporated interesting material from the French marine archives, contains many penetrating references to British naval policy. Dr. Otto Schüddekopf's recent study of British naval policy is sketchy on the early period."

The present volume is an attempt to fill in the lacunæ by writing the first reasonably complete study of British naval policy in all its ramifi- cations in the vital pre-dreadnought era. In addition to poring through every scrap of published material and innumerable organs of public opinion, it has been my good fortune to be permitted to see various un- published materials of the first importance. These materials have never before been utilized in any published work. The Admiralty Library yielded a number of interesting reports and some printed papers by Admiral Sir John Fisher. For this windfall I am deeply grateful to the Secretary of the Admiralty and to the Librarian, Mr. D. Bonner-Smith. The Secretary was also good enough to give me access, with some ex-ceptions, to the relevant Admiralty papers for the 1885-1905 period. The coöperation of Mr. H. H. Ellmers, the Head of the Secretary's Rec- ord Office, remains one of my most pleasant memories of London. The extremely interesting papers of Lord Spencer, First Lord of the Admi- ralty, 1892-95, were placed at my disposal through the generosity of the seventh Earl Spencer. The United States Navy Department records furnished some important material on the origins of the dreadnought. My thanks are due here to Captain Dudley Knox, U.S.N., and to his secretary, Miss Craven.

A special debt of gratitude is due those patient gentlemen who read the manuscript in whole or in part: Admiral Sir Douglas R. L. Nichol- son, R.N. (who also allowed me to use several unpublished letters of Admirals Sir Reginald Custance and Sir Frederick Richards), Admiral Sir Reginald H. Bacon, R.N., the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1900-5, Professor William L. Langer, and Dr. Theodore Ropp of Duke University (to whom I am also thankful for permission to quote from his doctoral dissertation). The many construc- tive suggestions received, and errors of fact and interpretation corrected, have improved the manuscript immeasurably.

But for the stylistic criticisms of my good friend and all too severe critic, Mr. Nathaniel Nason, the book would be even less readable than it is. It is a pleasure also to acknowledge the assistance given to me by Mr. Victor Hull and the hard working staff of the Colindale News- paper Library of the British Museum, Mr. Robert H. Haynes, Mr. John E. Shea, and Miss Esther McGuire of Harvard's famed Widener Li- brary, Lieut.-Col. W. C. T. Hammond and Mr. Guy C. Pollock of the British Navy League, Mr. Seward W. Livermore, the Hon. Lady Phyl- lis Sydenham, Mr. Alan Gardner, and Dr. Fritz Epstein. A special vote of thanks is due Mr. Nathaniel Rice, who read proof under adverse conditions, and to Miss Dorothy Vargis, my efficient and conscientious secretary.

Grants from the Bureau of International Research of Harvard Uni- versity and Radcliffe College for the academic year 1939-40 enabled me to concentrate on the writing of this volume and facilitated its publica- tion. Words cannot express my indebtedness to the Bureau and its chairman, Professor Sidney B. Fay. I also wish to express my thanks to the editors of the Pacific Historical Review, The Navy, and the Journal. 

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