tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6889072668311350305..comments2024-03-27T17:11:36.606-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Another Trafalgar or What? Confused Prewar Naval Strategy By Naval Historian Jan Breemersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-69988022793177900912013-08-28T16:14:43.830-07:002013-08-28T16:14:43.830-07:00Glad someone mentioned Nicholas Lambert. I heard h...Glad someone mentioned Nicholas Lambert. I heard him speak very persuasively on the importance the RN placed on a squeeze on commerce and their belief that this would make the war "over by Christmas".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-7282050489622510292013-08-28T12:35:30.589-07:002013-08-28T12:35:30.589-07:00One place were careful Royal Navy pre-war planing ...One place were careful Royal Navy pre-war planing paid off was in the area of cmmercal blockade against Germany. <br /><br />For more on this read Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War, Nicholas A. Lambert, Harvard, 2012.<br /><br />Lambert is a winner of the Tomlinson Book Prize offered by the World War One Historical Association (WW1HA).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com