Yesterday's Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet

by Jonathan Steinberg

A reprint of one of the earliest social and political studies of the pre-World War II naval arms race between Britain and Germany, this text looks at and comments on the initial German plans for the drive to world power through the construction of a high seas fleet.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of European History and former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A. B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University.