By Scott Andrew Keefer
ISBN-10: 3319396447
ISBN-13: 9783319396446
ISBN-10: 3319396455
ISBN-13: 9783319396453
As the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles methods, this booklet provides the pre-1914 precursors to the interwar naval hands treaties coming up from the peace of 1919, delivering a clean point of view on palms keep an eye on efforts via an interdisciplinary technique. Interweaving historic research with felony research, Scott Keefer lines the British position within the improvement of naval hands regulate, outlining the pragmatic international place of work ways in the direction of overseas legislation. by means of emphasizing what was once attainable in the present felony procedure instead of trying to create substantially robust overseas associations, statesmen crafted treaties to take advantage of the original velocity of naval building. using previously-overlooked archival assets, this e-book investigates how the nice powers exploited treaties as components of nationwide defense suggestions. the result's a fuller research of the Hague Peace meetings, Anglo-German discussions, and lesser identified neighborhood agreements from the yank nice Lakes to South the United States, and a richer exploration of pre-1914 international relations, offering insights into how a prior iteration perceived questions of struggle and defence.
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Bartlett, Great Britain and Sea Power, 1815–1853 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963), 15–17. 43 Castlereagh to Bagot, Apr. 23, 1816, in Castlereagh to Bagot, Drafts FO 5/113, (1816) at 16. ARMS CONTROL ANTECEDENTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 27 to suspect treachery. A clear informal agreement was only worked out in November 1816, and a formal treaty followed in April 1817. As British debates over naval estimates demonstrated broad support for naval superiority at all costs, the American negotiators offered flexible terms.
France sought to remove Prussian armed forces from the Netherlands as part of the agreement, but Prussia refused, and the British disavowed any ability to bind their ally – signaling an AngloPrussian victory in the entire Dutch affair. The October agreement related solely to naval armaments. Differences in levels of actual peacetime preparations made a meaningful comparison of French and British forces difficult. Great Britain maintained a number of “guard ships” in semi-active status, while France had fewer ships in service, but at a higher state of readiness.
The lack of information was endemic. The British heard rumors of a large supply of salted provisions shipping out of London bound for the French Fleet at Brest, and could only confirm the shipment from their own capital by asking the French. Whitehall to Eden, Aug. 10, 1787, in FO 27/25, at 225. Montmorin agreed that if such a report was true, the British could halt the shipment. Eden to Carmarthen, Aug. 16, 1787, in FO 27/25, at 265–266. 20 Eden to Carmarthen, Aug. 4, 1787, in FO 27/25, at 186.