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edocfu_9959233544302883
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1 online resource (250 p.)
ISBN:
0-8131-5676-9
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Arms control remains a major international issue as the twentieth century closes, but it is hardly a new concern. The effort to limit military power has enjoyed recurring support since shortly after World War I, when the United States, Britain, and Japan sought naval arms control as a means to insure stability in the Far East, contain naval expenditure, and prevent another world cataclysm.Richard Fanning examines the efforts of American, British, and Japanese leaders -- political, military, and social -- to reach agreement on naval limitation between 1922 and the mid-1930s, with focus on the y
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Politics of Disarmament; VERSAILLES AND DISARMAMENT; THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE; THE CRUISER ISSUE; A TREATY NAVY OR NOT?; NEW DISARMAMENT PROSPECTS; 2. The Preparatory Commission; THE SPECTER OF MILITARISM: THE PRESSURE GROUPS; THE QUEST FOR NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS; BEGINNINGS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION; A NEW NAVAL CONFERENCE; 3. Opening Gambits; NAVAL POSITIONS; OPENING DISCUSSIONS; A CRUISER IMBROGLIO; 4. A Diplomatic Impasse; THE SHEARER QUESTION; THE PHANTOM OF PARITY
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THE ANGLO-JAPANESE COMPROMISEDISACCORD; 5. Recriminations and Rapprochement; PEACE GROUPS, DISARMAMENT, AND OUTLAWRY OF WAR; THE ANGLO-FRENCH COMPROMISE; THE AMERICAN NAVAL BILL; NEW LEADERS, NEW OPTIONS; 6. The London Naval Conference; TECHNICAL TESTIMONY; CRUISER RESOLUTION; PEACE PARTISANS; GUARANTEES AND RATIOS; IN RETROSPECT; 7. Disarmament in the Great Depression; TREATY RATIFICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; PRESSURE GROUP ACTIVITY IN THE 1930S; DISARMAMENT AFTER THE LONDON TREATY OF 1930; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-59805-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-1878-6
Language:
English
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