Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Great Power Politics

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  1. Why do Historians sigh when they hear the words "But this is what I was taught at school"
    0:48War aims and factions within statesNotable Point
  2. Why do Historians sigh when they hear the words "But this is what I was taught at school"
    1:18The Berlin-Baghdad railway and competing interestsNotable Point
  3. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    40:36A plausible division of the High Seas FleetNotable Point
  4. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:11Could the United States stay out of World War I?Q&A
  5. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    23:56France's naval lag meets Third Republic instabilityChapter
  6. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    27:11Italy treats dreadnought building as proof of great-power statusChapter
  7. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    39:01Why a Washington-style treaty cannot work in 1909Chapter
  8. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    2:31Great-power coercion limits the Ottoman victory of 1897Notable Point
  9. Battle of Elli
    1:46:34Commerce raiding leaves Ottoman cruisers away from ElliNotable Point
  10. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:56:38The Doolittle Raid's strategic effect outweighed its damageChapter
  11. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    3:27:58How Dutch and Swedish influence survived great-power declineQ&A
  12. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    23:54War debt, treaty trust, and an interwar naval arms raceNotable Point
  13. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:36:12Western support for Greece pushed the Ottomans toward GermanyNotable Point
  14. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    5:00Great powers and the illusion of a controlled warNotable Point
  15. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    7:55Why Britain, France, and Russia intervened togetherNotable Point
  16. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    12:02Joint intervention preserved the great-power status quoNotable Point
  17. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    22:28What if the Ottomans had accepted the Allied terms?Q&A
  18. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    43:43The settlement created an independent kingdom under King OttoNotable Point
  19. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    3:15:46A British-led victory denied Russia exclusive influenceNotable Point
  20. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    3:19:40Was Western support driven by philhellenism?Q&A
  21. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:50The Spanish-American War as overlapping conflictsChapter
  22. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    30:38Tsingtao and the great-power contest around the PhilippinesNotable Point
  23. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:20:58A global cruiser war constrained by coal and diplomacyChapter
  24. Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)
    59:43How France, Italy and the Soviet Union might respondNotable Point
  25. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol
    26:15Campo Formio and great-power self-interestNotable Point
  26. Some Sunday Naval Books
    10:54The Cold War as continuing great-power politicsNotable Point
  27. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:15:08How stronger finances could change Britain's Cold War roleQ&A
  28. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:31:20Why superpowers do not follow one learning curveQ&A
  29. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    21:24Public pressure and great-power rivalry led to intervention at NavarinoChapter