The Washington Conference, 1921-22 : naval rivalry, East Asian stability and the road to Pearl Harbor / edited by Erik Goldstein and John Maurer.

"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of Diplomacy & statecraft, vol. 4, no. 3 (November 1993)"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Evolution of British Diplomatic Strategy for the Washington Conference; The Politics of Naval Arms Limitation in Britain in the 1920s; The Pacific Dominions and the Washington Conference, 1921-22; The Evolution of the United States Navy's Strategic Assessments in the Pacific, 1919-31; The Icarus Factor: The American Pursuit of Myth in Naval Arms Control, 1921-36; From Washington to London: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Politics of Naval Limitation, 1921-30; France and the Washington Conference

Italian Naval Power and the Washington Conference of 1921-22China's Place in the New Pacific Order; Arms Control and the Washington Conference; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index

The Washington Conference regulated the inter-war naval race between the world powers. In the era when it was still believed that battleships were the epitome of naval power and a sign of a country's strength, this conference led to limitations on the building of such weapons by the naval powers of Britain, the USA and Japan. This collection of essays deals with many aspects of the conference; the factors that caused it, the interests of the participating nations both present and future, and the results.

English.

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