Militarism in a global age naval ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I /
Dirk Bönker.
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (x, 421 pages)
- The United States in the world .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : maritime militarism in two modern nation-states -- World power in a global age -- Big-power confrontations over empire -- Maritime force, threat, and war -- War of battle fleets -- Planning for victory -- Commerce, law, and the limitation of war -- Naval elites and the state -- Manufacturing consent -- A politics of social imperialism -- Of sciences, sea power, and strategy -- Between leadership and intraservice conflict -- Conclusion : navalism and its trajectories.