The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire
(Part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series)
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This book is about the theatre of power and identity that unfolded in and between Britain and Germany in the decades before the First World War. It explores what contemporaries described as the cult of the navy: the many ways in which the navy and the sea were celebrated in the fleet reviews, naval visits and ship launches that were watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators. At once royal rituals and national entertainments, these were events...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521114616
ISBN13:9780521114615
Release Date:June 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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