ABSTRACT
Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious enemy there seemed no need for a large battlefleet.
List of Illustrations, List of Maps, List of Tables, Series Editor’s Preface, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The Influence of a Far Eastern Strategy on British Naval Policy, 2. A Far Eastern Strategy: War Memorandum (Eastern), 3. Admiral Richmond and War Memorandum (Eastern), 4. Developing the Far Eastern Strategy: War Memorandum (Eastern) and Changing Circumstances, 1931–41, 5. Battle Fleet Tactics and a War in the Far East, 6. The Royal Navy’s Strategic and Tactical Exercises, 7. Japanese Naval Strategy and Tactics in the Far East, 8. Main Fleet to Singapore: The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and the End of War Memorandum (Eastern), Conclusion: War Memorandum (Eastern) and the Royal Navy’s Strategic, Operational and Tactical Development, Select Bibliography, Index
