Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Mining in a cultural context.- Chapter 3. British attitudes to mining before 1904.- Chapter 4. Mine warfare in the Russo-Japanese War: the Royal Navy perspective.- Chapter 5. The Russo-Japanese War: outrage and response.- Chapter 6. Mining and international law: Britain and the Hague Conference.- Chapter 7. The strategic shift: the origins of British mine warfare.- Chapter 8. Development and institutionalisation: offensive mining 1906-09.- Chapter 9. Strategic flux and technical failure.- Chapter 10. The test of conflict.- Chapter 11. War, law and diplomacy.- Chapter 12. Conclusion.- Archival Sources.- Index