"Deutschland." . . "Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Aspect économique Grande-Bretagne." . . "Duitsland." . . "Großbritannien." . . "Germany" . . "Puissance maritime Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle." . . "Geschichte 1901-1914." . . "Zeemacht." . . "Marinepolitik." . . "Grande-Bretagne" . . "Great Britain" . . "Allemagne" . . "Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Services de renseignements Grande-Bretagne." . . "Warfare and Defence." . . "Danmark. Kriegsmarine" . . . . . . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat 1901-1914 : Admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because the British Admiralty (rightly) believed that Germany's naval planners intended to arm their country's fast merchant vessels in wartime and send them out to attack Britishtrade in the manner of the privateers of old. This threat to British seaborne commerce was so serious that the leadership of the Royal Navy spent twelve years trying to work out how best to counter it. Ever more elaborate measures were devised to this end. These included building 'fighting liners'to run down the German ones; devising a specialized warship, the battle cruiser, as a weapon of trade defence; attempting to change international law to prohibit the conversion of merchant vessels into warships on the high seas; establishing a global intelligence network to monitor German shipping movements; and, finally, the arming of British merchant vessels in self-defence. The manner in which German schemes for commerce warfare drove British naval policy for over a decade before 1914 has not been recognized before. The Royal Navy and the German Threat illustrates a new and important aspect of British naval history."@en . . "Naval history"@en . "Naval history" . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat 1901-1914 admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . . . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 Admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 Admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany"@en . "This is an account of the efforts made by the Royal Navy to prepare for war with Germany more than a decade before 1914. Seligmann demonstrates that from being unready for an assault on British seaborne trade, the Royal Navy had given a great deal of thought to its protection." . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 : Admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . . "The royal navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 : admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat 1901-1914 Admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . "When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking, Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because the British Admiralty (rightly) believed that Germany's naval planners intended to arm their country's fast merchant vessels in wartime and send them out to attack British trade in the manner of the privateers of old. This threat to British seaborne commerce was so serious that the leadership of the Royal Navy spent twelve years trying to work out how best to counter it. Ever more elaborate measures were devised to this end." . . . . . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . . . . . . . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 : admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany"@en . "The Royal Navy and the German threat, 1901-1914 : admiralty plans to protect British trade in a war against Germany" . . "HISTORY / Military / Naval." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Puissance maritime Allemagne 1900-1945." . . "Marine." . . "Handelsflotte." . . "Kriegsvorbereitung." . . "Danmark. Royal Navy" . . "Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland." . . . . "Navires de guerre Grande-Bretagne 1900-1945." . . "Royal Navy." . . "Puissance maritime Grande-Bretagne 1900-1945." . . "Puissance maritime Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle." . .