Is there a book on how the Royal Navy influenced naval treaties to obtain what it wanted?
Short answerWarships after Washington is the leading recommendation, but read it alongside the argument that Britain helped write treaty terms to its own advantage.
NotesJohn Jordan's Warships after Washington is recommended with a disagreement over its implication that the treaties were simply bad for Britain. British negotiators had helped shape terms that suited their strategic position. Naval treaties could therefore serve as active tools of policy as well as external limits.