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. |
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... Committee ( Canadian ) Directorate of History , Canadian Department of National Defence Dominions ' Office ( British ) Defence Requirements Sub - Committee DSO Defence Shipping Organization DSEB Defence Shipping Executive Board DWT ...
... Committee ( Canadian ) Directorate of History , Canadian Department of National Defence Dominions ' Office ( British ) Defence Requirements Sub - Committee DSO Defence Shipping Organization DSEB Defence Shipping Executive Board DWT ...
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... Committee cable prefix , originally Arthur Purvis ( British Supply Mission in Washington ) Royal Canadian Navy Record Group Royal Navy ( British ) Shipbuilding Employers ' Federation Papers Seafarers ' International Union ( American ...
... Committee cable prefix , originally Arthur Purvis ( British Supply Mission in Washington ) Royal Canadian Navy Record Group Royal Navy ( British ) Shipbuilding Employers ' Federation Papers Seafarers ' International Union ( American ...
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... committee to examine the practicability of the idea . The resulting committee was not short of members with either pro- fessional or commercial expertise , boasting on the former count an ex- Civil Lord of the Admiralty ( Henry Thomas ...
... committee to examine the practicability of the idea . The resulting committee was not short of members with either pro- fessional or commercial expertise , boasting on the former count an ex- Civil Lord of the Admiralty ( Henry Thomas ...
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... committee that it would take the entire dockyard workforce at Portsmouth at least a fortnight to fit just the vessels which operated out of nearby Southampton , and that this estimate was ' rather understated than overstated ' . " When ...
... committee that it would take the entire dockyard workforce at Portsmouth at least a fortnight to fit just the vessels which operated out of nearby Southampton , and that this estimate was ' rather understated than overstated ' . " When ...
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... committee recalled Ralph Engledue , perhaps to undercut the effect of Watts's testimony . Engledue's endorse- ment of merchant vessels ' suitability , not as mere auxiliaries , but as out- and - out substitutes for warships , was ...
... committee recalled Ralph Engledue , perhaps to undercut the effect of Watts's testimony . Engledue's endorse- ment of merchant vessels ' suitability , not as mere auxiliaries , but as out- and - out substitutes for warships , was ...
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