Author: John Francis Beeler
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804729819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Against a background of rapid industrialization and economic transformation, the author describes the structure of British naval administration in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, assesses the important reforms of that structure by the Liberal politician Hugh Childers, and examines the strategic and operational contexts of the navy itself.