ABSTRACT

This new collection of essays by a panel of established international scholars sheds new light on what some of those influences were and what actions were taken as a result of Britain's Far Eastern commitments. Not only are new evidence and approaches to those issues addressed presented, but new avenues for further research are clearly outlined.

Notes on contributors, Series editor’s preface, Maps, Introduction, 1. ‘Wee-ah-wee’?: Britain at Weihaiwei, 1898–1930, 2. The idea of naval imperialism: The China Squadron and the Boxer Uprising, 3. ‘Unbroken Thread’: Japan. Maritime power and British Imperial Defence, 1920–32, 4. What worth the Americans? The British strategic foreign policy-making elite’s view of American maritime power in the Far East, 1933–1941, 5. ‘Looking Skyward from Below the Waves’: Admiral Tom Phillips and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, 6. ‘Light Two Lanterns, the British Are Coming by Sea’: Royal Navy participation in the Pacific 1944–1945, 7. The Royal Navy in Korea: Replenishment and sustainability, 8. The Royal Navy, expeditionary operations and the End of Empire, 1956–75, 9. The Royal Navy and Confrontation, 1963–66, 10. The British Naval role east of Suez: An Australian perspective, 11. The return to globalism: The Royal Navy east of Suez, 1975–2003, Select bibliography, Index