Combine British and American industrial shipbuilding strength, technical exchange, and resources before the First World War. The resulting dreadnought program could be both much larger and more technically ambitious than either historical fleet. Without an independent United States, the Washington and London naval treaties would be unlikely to emerge in their familiar form. The point concerns how the absence of a balancing rival and treaty sponsor would change the institutions governing naval competition.
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Combining British and American naval industry before 1914
A united British-North American state would combine two shipbuilding systems, probably prevent the Washington treaty order, and transform the naval arms race.