Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Balance Of Power

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:46The Franco-Russian alliance and Germany's two-front problemChapter
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    4:08Secret commitments and the European cost of Russian defeatNotable Point
  3. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    23:00France's dilemma over British alliance credibilityChapter
  4. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    26:34How France could misread Britain's willingness to fightNotable Point
  5. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    35:26Britain as a defender of the imperial status quoNotable Point
  6. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:02:58Why France could not put its whole budget into the navyNotable Point
  7. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:08:21How the Triple Alliance could turn the war against France and RussiaChapter
  8. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:11:25A European coalition war and the American dilemmaNotable Point
  9. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:12:56Misreading British reluctance to enter a warNotable Point
  10. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:16:11A damaged Anglo-French relationship and a different imperial settlementChapter
  11. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:18:57Wargaming the diplomatic, military, and economic decisionsNotable Point
  12. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:47A surviving Kalmar Union and the North Sea balanceQ&A
  13. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:12:29Communist France and Britain's balance-of-power choicesNotable Point
  14. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:25:28The information task of a good admiralQ&A
  15. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    23:42Was Britain wrong to enter World War I?Q&A
  16. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:32:18Russia, India, and Britain's choice of European partnersNotable Point
  17. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:22:55An Italian federation unifies in 1855Q&A
  18. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    17:28A Saxe-Coburg king and a possible Iberian unionQ&A
  19. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    38:26Why an 1820 Bourbon federation would trigger warQ&A
  20. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    52:43Can military strength also encourage bullying?Q&A
  21. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    4:47:02If Kaiser Wilhelm II also became Tsar of RussiaQ&A
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    4:54:27How a German-Russian union could widen the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
  23. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    7:15Clausewitz, Belgium, and the danger of natural frontiersNotable Point
  24. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    12:10Belgian independence and Britain's Scheldt interestChapter
  25. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    1:00:24The Straits crisis could have widened across EuropeNotable Point
  26. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    1:01Why Britain entered the First World WarChapter
  27. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    1:08:05Britain's inattention weakens the balance of powerNotable Point
  28. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    1:39:49Belgian neutrality and British strategic interestChapter
  29. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    1:47:23Neutrality risked making Britain dependent on GermanyNotable Point
  30. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:25:26Why balance-of-power logic made a solo Pacific war unlikelyNotable Point
  31. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)
    2:34:11Catherine II pursues trade, alliances and armed neutralityNotable Point
  32. How effective was the Russian Navy
    13:28Sinop turns Russian naval success into a balance-of-power crisisChapter
  33. How effective was the Russian Navy
    20:17Torpedo-boat innovation under the threat of British interventionChapter
  34. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:56Why a leading great power was not yet a superpowerNotable Point
  35. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    2:13:19Why rival powers might cooperate against a shared threatNotable Point
  36. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    7:55:39Why Britain would block a Prussian breakup of FranceQ&A
  37. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:27Ottoman collapse and the Russian Civil WarNotable Point
  38. The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!
    1:32:16A Far Eastern war could force Anglo-American partnershipNotable Point
  39. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    52:12Would Britain use America and Japan to contain Russia?Q&A
  40. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    1:43:08New alliance blocs replace the German balanceChapter
  41. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    1:47:28Which land power could Britain use to balance Europe?Q&A
  42. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    20:30The Crimean War and weaponized historical argumentChapter
  43. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    26:05Russia's Ottoman bargain misread British interestsChapter
  44. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    29:52Why Russian success alarmed France and BritainChapter
  45. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    8:19The Crimean War in the longer Russo-Ottoman struggleChapter
  46. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    14:29Why Russian partition proposals alarmed BritainNotable Point
  47. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    52:57Russia's expansion complicates a move against DenmarkNotable Point
  48. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    2:48:48Russian gains in Scandinavia and the move against IcelandChapter
  49. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    3:11:12Financing a British response to Russian expansionNotable Point
  50. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    3:34:44Poland-Lithuania survives the Russian advanceNotable Point
  51. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    9:44Would the United States stay out of the war?Q&A
  52. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    1:52:03Russian commitments limit Britain's French alignmentNotable Point
  53. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    2:18:13The High Seas Fleet's loss changes Britain's next alignmentNotable Point
  54. Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?
    15:43Russian expansion reshapes the Greek questionChapter
  55. Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?
    1:01:28Competing strategies around the Ottoman fleetChapter
  56. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    12:02Joint intervention preserved the great-power status quoNotable Point
  57. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    18:47When would the powers intervene in another independence crisis?Q&A
  58. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    22:28What if the Ottomans had accepted the Allied terms?Q&A
  59. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    24:28The treaty also tried to restrain Russian gainsNotable Point
  60. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    28:55Why did the Ottoman Empire survive until 1918?Q&A
  61. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    15:44Spain's surviving power after 1898Q&A
  62. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    23:38Why Europe did not collectively challenge the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
  63. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    52:55How attacking Spain could have brought Britain into the warQ&A
  64. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:43:32Could Britain or Germany outfight the United States in 1898?Q&A
  65. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:46:47How far British intervention might have goneQ&A
  66. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:53:54What a prolonged U.S.-European war might have looked likeQ&A
  67. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    4:15Disarmament, balance, and deterrenceChapter
  68. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    29:39What peace terms might Britain pursue with Japan?Q&A
  69. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    8:36Why the United States might enter a Far Eastern warNotable Point
  70. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:18:06Q&A: who emerged stronger from the war?Q&A
  71. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:28:58Q&A: why Germany misread Britain in 1914Q&A
  72. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:54:29Deterrence works by creating room for confident restraintChapter
  73. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:12:11Why Sweden preferred armed neutrality to Allied paymentQ&A
  74. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 1904
    17:18Dogger Bank and Britain's balance-of-power strategyChapter
  75. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    26:39Louis XIV turns inheritance clauses into a war aimChapter
  76. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    35:14Louis XIV tries to separate the Dutch from their alliesNotable Point
  77. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    7:00Aiding the Soviet Union despite Arctic convoy costsNotable Point