Empire, Technology And Seapower: Royal Navy Crisis In The Age Of Palmerston (Cass Series: Naval Policy And History),New

This Book Examines British Naval Diplomacy From The End Of The Crimean War To The American Civil War, Showing How The Midvictorian Royal Navy Suffered Serious Challenges During The Period.Many Recent Works Have Attempted To Depict The Midvictorian Royal Navy As Allpowerful, Innovative, And Even Selfassured. In Contrast, This Work Argues That It Suffered Serious Challenges In The Form Of Expanding Imperial Commitments, National Security Concerns, Precarious Diplomatic Relations With European Powers And The United States, And Technological Advancements Associated With The Armoured Warship At The Height Of The Socalled 'Pax Britannica'.Utilising A Wealth Of International Archival Sources, This Volume Explores The Introduction Of The Monitor Form Of Ironclad During The American Civil War, Which Deliberately Forfeited Longrange Powerprojection For Local, Coastal Command Of The Sea. It Looks At The Ways In Which The Royal Navy Responded To This New Technology And Uses A Wealth Of International Primary And Secondary Sources To Ascertain How Decisionmaking At Whitehall Affected That At Westminster. The Result Is A Betterbalanced Understanding Of Palmerstonian Diplomacy From The End Of The Crimean War To The American Civil War, The Early Evolution Of The Modern Capital Ship (Including The Catastrophic Loss Of The Experimental Sailandturret Ironclad H.M.S. Captain), Naval Powerprojection, And The Nature Of 'Empire', 'Technology', And 'Seapower'.This Book Will Be Of Great Interest To All Students Of The Royal Navy, And Of Maritime And Strategic Studies In General.