The Merchant Marine in International Affairs, 1850-1950Greg Kennedy Merchant navies represent economic and industrial strength. This study revises the definition of maritime power through a more comprehensive understanding and appreciation for the roles played by the merchant marine of a nation. |
Contents
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British Strategic Sealift in the First World War | 31 |
The Diplomacy of Japanese Shipping in the First World War | 59 |
The Problem of Oil Supply | 84 |
Competiton and Preparation 193339 | 107 |
Britains Shipping Capacity Crisis and the Mobilization of Neutral American Power 194041 | 155 |
7 To Market or to War? NATO Shipping Pools and the Demise of the Canadian Merchant Marine | 176 |
Notes on Contributors | 211 |
Index | 213 |
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Admiralty Allied allocation American merchant marine American shipping Andrew Lambert Anglo-American relations April Balfour Board of Trade Britain British merchant British shipping Cabinet Canada Canadian Maritime Commission Canadian merchant Canadian ships cargo cent Clyne Commerce Committee conference Craigie December despatch from Lindsay dominions economic effort Essendon exports February flag Foreign Office freight guns Hardman Lever Ibid Imperial Defence imports issue January Japan Japanese ships July June Labour Lindsay to FO London Lord March Maritime Commission Matson Line memo Memorandum merchant fleet merchant marine merchant shipping merchant steamers military million tons Ministry of Shipping minutes Mtg CID Naval neutral November October Oil Board oil fuel reserve operating planning ports post-war problems programme PSOC registry Roosevelt routes Royal Navy Salter Secretary September shipbuilding Shipping Board Shipping Controller Shipping Policy steam Steamship strategic subsidies tanker tonnage Transport United Kingdom vessels wartime World