Table of Contents

Introduction
Perceptions of Strategy in the Victorian Era
Strategic Realities of the 1880s
The Naval Defence Act
The Evolution of Technology and Ships in the `Dark Ages' of the Victorian Navy
The New Navies as a Consequence of the Naval Defence Act
Technology Change and the Emergence of a Cruiser-Battleship Navy
`A Lantern on the Stern'
Bibliography

Reviews

A comprehensive survey of its subject [offering] a scholarly but very readable analysis of a vital period in the development of the Royal Navy. [...] The author's research is impeccable.
*NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTORS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATION REVIEW*

A meticulously researched and carefully constructed book that opens a wide window onto the Royal Navy. [...] An important contribution to naval history.
*VICTORIAN STUDIES*

A cogent and well-written book [and] a very valuable contribution to our understanding of the late Victorian Royal Navy.
*INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY*

Parkinson's documentary research, tables, and ship drawings vividly portray the origins of the pre-dreadnought navy of the 1890s. Despite the title, his analysis does not extend all the way to the origins of WW I. Recommended.
*CHOICE*

A dense work, containing a great deal of information on a myriad of subjects. A valuable contribution to the literature on the subject.
*NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL*

[This] is a terrific book. All naval historians, scholars of nineteenth century Britain, and students of strategy and policy would benefit from reading The Late Victorian Navy.
*MILITARY HISTORY*

[A] useful contribution to the discussion of naval policy, strategy, defence of commerce and the development of sea-power theory.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*

An important and scholarly re-evaluation that throws considerable light on the navy of the 1870s-1890s. [...] An impressive work.
*HISTORY*