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About the Author
After attending Williams College, Jon K. Hendrickson earned his PhD in military history from The Ohio State University, USA, in 2012. He was the first Class of 1957 Fellow in Naval History at the United States Naval Academy.
Reviews
Crisis in the Mediterranean is essential reading for detailed information on naval conditions in the Mediterranean Sea in the decade leading to World War I."--Sea History "The shifting pattern of naval development in the Mediterranean, as the politics of Great Power alliances switched and then reversed, greatly complicated pre-1914 strategic calculations. Jon Hendrickson explains the complex diplomatic and political situation well, and gets to grips with the shifting technological bases of power."--Naval History
"The race for Mediterranean naval supremacy in the run-up to World War I has received little attention from historians on the implicit assumption that Britain's withdrawal from the Mediterranean, France's acceptance of the status quo, and Italy's failure to come to the support of Germany and Austria-Hungary in the aftermath of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination were preordained. As Hendrickson shows, the reality was more complex, more problematic . . . and far more interesting. He paints a fascinating picture of competing imperial ambitions, nationalistic aspirations, and fiscally driven (and politically fraught) building plans that made the Mediterranean a seething cauldron of naval competition and diplomatic accommodation. In the event, the Italian-Ottoman war for control of Libya was a catalyst for change at precisely the right--or wrong--moment, with enormous consequences. Hendrickson has provided an important and instructive corrective to the conventional wisdom."--John F. Guilmartin Jr., author of A Very Short War: The Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang
Book Information
ISBN 9781612514758
Author Jon K. Hendrickson
Format Hardback
Page Count 234
Imprint Naval Institute Press
Publisher Naval Institute Press
Weight(grams) 539g