New Crusade

Bradley Cesario

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2021

New Crusade

The Royal Navy and British Navalism, 1884–1914

Bradley Cesario

Volume 1 in the series De Gruyter Studies in Military History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671810

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About this book

The period between the mid-1880s and the First World War was the high point of the navalist movement - but the idea of 'navalism' took many forms, and meant different problems and different solutions to various groups within British society and the British government. New Crusade examines one form of the British navalist movement: directed navalism. As opposed to the broader cultural conception of British naval power, directed navalism consisted of a cooperative, symbiotic working relationship between three elite and self-selecting groups: serving naval officers (professionals), naval correspondents and editors working for national newspapers and periodicals (press), and members of Parliament who dealt with naval issues (politicians). Directed navalism meant agitation for a specific, achievable goal. It was the bedrock upon which the more popular and ultimately more successful cultural navalism of fleet reviews and music halls was built. Though directed navalism collapsed before the First World War, it was extraordinarily successful in its time, and it was a necessary precursor for the creation of a national discourse in which cultural navalism could thrive. Its rise and fall is the story of this book.

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Bradley Cesario, Department of History, Angelo State University, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Terminology & Timeline Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Historiography Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Organization Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Chapter One. The Rise of Navalist Agitation, 1884–1894 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two. Leagues and Liars, 1894–1902 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter Three. The Success of the Fisher System, 1902–1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter Four. The Failure of the Fisher System, 1907–1908 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter Five. The Foundering of Directed Navalism, 1908–1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians of: modern Britain, modern Europe, naval history, history of the press, First World War, civil-military relations
Pages
- Front matter: 19
- Main content: 206
Keywords: Great Britain; Military history; Navalism

eBook

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110671810

Hardcover

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110671575