| Description |
1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-256) and index. |
| Summary |
The author examines the influence of the General Board of the U.S. Navy as an agent of innovation in the years between the world wars. A formal body established by the secretary of the Navy, the General Board served as the organizational nexus for the interaction between fleet design and the naval limitations imposed on the Navy by treaty. Particularly important, Kuehn argues, was the Board's role in implementing the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited naval armaments after 1922. Kuehn explains that the leadership of the Navy at large and the General Board in particular felt themselves. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- Reserve fleets -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. Navy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
United States. Navy. General Board -- History.
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United States. Navy. General Board. |
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Sea-power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sea-power. |
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United States. |
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Warships -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Warships. |
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Technological innovations. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuehn, John T. Agents of innovation : the General Board and the design of the fleet that defeated the Japanese Navy. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2008 xviii, 263 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. 9781591144489 (DLC) 2008015597 (OCoLC)220859574 |
| ISBN |
9781612514055 (electronic book) |
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1612514057 (electronic book) |
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9781591144489 (alkaline paper) |
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