The genesis of the Dreadnought-class battleship was ... disastrous decision to enter WWI. Ancillary to the Anglo-German naval arms race, the United States, another growing power of the day ...

The HMS Dreadnought was a new class of ... to produce more battleships than the other and, by 1914, Britain had 22 dreadnaughts whilst Germany had 15 ships of the same type as the Nassau.

The reader will learn much about the dysfunctional extended family that ruled the Great Powers of England, Germany ... race of 1910-1914, but is not really presented as a factor in the coming of ...