The World's Highway; Some Notes on America's Relation to Sea Power and Non-Military Sanctions for the Law of Nations.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. Presumed First U.S. Edition, presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 361, [3] pages. Occasional footnotes. Cover has some wear and soiling. Name and date in pencil on half-title page. Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member of Parliament. Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism,and a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, He was knighted in 1931 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. He was born Ralph Norman Angell Lane, but adopted Angell as his sole surname. He attended the University of Geneva. In Geneva, Angell felt that Europe was "hopelessly entangled in insoluble problems". He took the bold decision to emigrate to the West Coast of the United States, where he worked as a vine planter, a cowboy, a mail-carrier, a prospector, and then as a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and later the San Francisco Chronicle. He moved to Paris to work as a sub-editor on the English language Daily Messenger, and then as a staff contributor to the newspaper Éclair. He also acted as correspondent for some American newspapers. During 1905–12, he became the Paris editor for the Daily Mail. He joined the Labour Party in 1920 and was MP for Bradford North from 1929 to 1931. In 1931 he was knighted for his public service, and later in 1933 he was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize. Derived from an Encyclopedia Britannica article: Sea power, means by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Measured in terms of a nation’s capacity to use the seas in defiance of rivals and competitors, it consists of such diverse elements as combat craft and weapons, auxiliary craft, commercial shipping, bases, and trained personnel. Aircraft used in the control of seaborne transportation function as an instrument of sea power even when they operate from a land base; aircraft operating from carriers represent the extension of sea power even when they are attacking targets deep inland. The capacity for sea power depends upon such factors as population, character of government, soundness of economy, number and quality of harbours and extent of coastline, and the number and location of a nation’s bases with respect to desired sea traffic. The main purpose of sea power has always been to protect friendly shipping from enemy attack and to destroy or hinder the enemy’s shipping—both commercial and military. When one belligerent or the other has virtual control of surface shipping in portions of the seas, he is said to have command of the seas, with the ability both to defend his own sea communications and to deny communications to the enemy. Sea power may also be exerted to apply military and economic pressure on an enemy by preventing the import of commodities necessary for prosecution of war. It may also prevent him from obtaining funds through the export of commodities to neutrals, and it may prevent neutrals from trading with the enemy. This use of sea power is known as blockade and has usually been exercised according to specific procedures prescribed by international law. In the first half of the 20th century, this function of sea power grew enormously in importance. The classic exposition of the role of sea power as the basis of national power and greatness was Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 (1890). Condition: Good.
Keywords: First World War, Law of the Sea, Sea Power, Neutrality, International Coercion, Sanctions, Naval Operations, Military Operations, Maritime Commerce, Freedom of the Seas, International Law, Economic Warfare
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