Warships After Washington : The Development of the Five Major Fleets, 1922-1930

from Shrike58

A really excellent examination of the period when the Washington Naval Treaty was effective and the signatory powers all at least paid lip service to it. The important point of all this is that Jordan tries to put you in the diplomatic and economic perspective that called forth the treaty regime ...

from CharlesFerdinand

If you read just one book about the Washington treaty, this should be it. The author gives an overview of the state and ambitions of the five powers in question, and then details by ship class how construction was affected by the treaty in the period up to the London Conference of 1930. You get a...

from mgreenla

Traces the development of the five major fleets between the two great naval treaties, Washington and London. Many of the ships involved ended up fighting in WWII. Discover the creation of the "treaty cruiser" of 10,000 tons and 8" guns.