"Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918

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by  Holger H. Herwig

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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“LUXURY” FLEET
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“LUXURY” FLEET
The Imperial German Navy
1888–1918
HOLGER H. HERWIG
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"Luxury" Fleet:
The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918
HOLGER H. HERWIG
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Herwig, Holger Heinrich
'l..uxury' fleet.
1. Germany - Kriegsmarine - History
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In Memory of My Grandfather,
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Contents
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ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVERSIONS XIV
INTRODUCTION I
Part One
I Modest Beginnings : 9
The Prussian/German Naval Tradition to I 888
II Kaiser Wilhelm II : 7
I
The Years of Hope and Misdirection, x888-18g8
III The "New Course'': 33
Alfred v. Tirpitz, Architect of the Battle Fleet,
r8g7-1905
IV The Dreadnought Challenge: 54
The Master Plan Goes Awry, 1905-19I I
V "We Have Them Up Against the Wall'': 69
Denouement, 1912-1914
Part Two
VI A Place in the Sun : 95
The German Colonial Empire and the Navy,
1884-I9I8
VII "Men Fight, not Ships" : r I I
The Personnel of the Imperial German Navy
Part Three
VIII August rgr4 : 143
The War that Came too Soon
IX Jutland I 9 r 6 : q8
Missed Opportunity or Fortunate Escape?
X "Museum of Experiments'' : I99
The End of the Battleship Era, 19I4-1918
XI "Between the Thames and Helgoland" : 226
German Naval Policies, I9J7- Igi8
XII The Sun Sets : 249
Scapa Flow, 2 r June 1919
Appendixes 259
Tables 260
Reference Literature 292
Index 301