Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Great Power Competition

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  1. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    56:03Why post-1991 US dominance was historically unusualNotable Point
  2. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    3:06:37Why the 1890s offer a closer analogy for a multipolar worldQ&A
  3. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:48:21Why nuclear powers can still stumble into major warQ&A
  4. Trident Fails to Fly
    7:21Why unilateral nuclear disarmament may not be reciprocatedNotable Point
  5. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    4:37How American scale distorted naval expectationsNotable Point
  6. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    13:55The rising-power trap in rapid naval expansionQ&A
  7. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    3:46Alliance equality constrained German and British freedomNotable Point
  8. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    26:47No plausible coalition stood ready to finish BritainNotable Point
  9. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    42:07The fatal assumption: Britain and the world would stand stillChapter
  10. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    43:16Relative power can fall while national wealth growsNotable Point
  11. Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure
    51:01Why mercantilism turns commerce into conflictNotable Point
  12. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:11:00The political cost of Far Eastern alliance aidNotable Point
  13. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    11:44British maritime leadership in an American-German crisisNotable Point
  14. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    58:37Did the First World War end Britain's imperial power?Q&A
  15. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    25:17Britain doubles Germany's blockade forceNotable Point
  16. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    31:24Testing Roosevelt's claimed naval ultimatumNotable Point
  17. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    34:36Italian participation makes the blockade multilateralNotable Point
  18. Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1
    37:28Pre-eminent naval power requires global presenceNotable Point
  19. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:04:24Why the United States is described as divided, not decliningQ&A
  20. Some Sunday Naval Books
    10:54The Cold War as continuing great-power politicsNotable Point
  21. Bruships 69: The Decider
    8:18Moving the modern United States into 1905Q&A
  22. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:43:55Great-power wars begin with faith in controlled riskQ&A
  23. Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    3:20Why a return to the 1890s would be more than renewed rivalryNotable Point
  24. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    45:04Imperial powers and the arms marketNotable Point
  25. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    53:48Russia as Japan's long-term threatChapter
  26. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    59:15Persia between British and Russian influenceNotable Point
  27. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    1:00:29Why other powers shaped the warQ&A
  28. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    3:32:34Why the cruiser designation may returnQ&A
  29. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    7:39US-China competition and the loss of long-term planningNotable Point
  30. Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-1921
    2:36Why Britain and Japan abandoned splendid isolationChapter
  31. Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-1921
    37:04China tensions and continued British cooperationNotable Point