The Transformation of British and American Naval Policy in the Pre-Dreadnought Era

Part I. Overview

1. Introduction
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

2. Explaining Strategic Choices in Military Institutions: Theoretical Models
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

Part II. The Struggle for Control of British Naval Policy, 1870–1889

3. The Royal Navy and the 1889 Naval Defence Act: History and Historiography
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

4. Ideas and Institutions: The Development of Officer Education, Strategic Thinking, and Intelligence Collection in the Royal Navy, 1870–1888
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

5. Professionals, Politicians, the Press, and the Public: The “Navy Scare” of 1888–1889
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

Part III. Strategic Reconfiguration in the United States, 1873–1889

6. British Ideas in an American Context: The Underpinnings of Strategic Debate and Organizational Maturity, 1873–1884
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

7. The Navalist Triumph: Politicians, Professionals, and the Fight for the Direction of American Naval Policy, 1885–1889
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

Part IV. Conclusion

8. Conclusion
Robert E. Mullins, John Beeler

Keywords: History, World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Military, History of Britain and Ireland, US History