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THE STRENGTH OF ENGLAND

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Author: George F S Bowles

Publisher: Methuen

Year published: 1926

Pagination: xi + 289pp, 6 maps, appendices, index

Condition: spine & bottom 2" of top board darkened, text g



A study on the importance of Sea Power after WWI and how England had become the dominant maritime power. The book aroused some controversy when first published as it was seen as an attack on the iniquities of the Foreign Office. The Foreign Office, says the author, have "persistently throughout the years tried to sell our birthright in this naval matter".
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