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- Title
Indifference to the Navy? Security, identity and naval power 1870–84.
- Authors
Redford, Duncan
- Abstract
This article explores the public discussions about the Royal Navy in the period 1870–84, a period that has seen research into naval policy, but little into the wider support for the Navy. Through an examination of contemporary coverage in newspapers, journals and pamphlets it argues that in this period the British were not apathetic or uninterested in their Navy, but instead were complacent and lacked informed comment on the issues. The degree of public engagement with naval issues before 1884 may lead historians to look again at the significance of the wave of navalism that swept across Britain after 1884.
- Subjects
GREAT Britain. Royal Navy; PUBLIC opinion; APATHY; DISCUSSION; MILITARY policy; COMMUNITY involvement; 19TH century British naval history
- Publication
Historical Research, 2019, Vol 92, Issue 256, p386
- ISSN
0950-3471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2281.12270