Britain and the Mine, 1900-1915 Culture, Strategy and International Law /

• Main Author: Dunley, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Military history.; Europe-History-1492-.; Law-History.; History, Modern.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Military.; History of Modern Europe.; Legal History.; Modern History.

This book examines Britain's complex relationship with the mine in the years 1900-1915. The development of mine warfare represented a unique mix of challenges and opportunities for Britain in the years before the First World War. The mine represented the antithesis of British maritime culture i...