Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution

I was flipping through this volume at Borders when Brian urged me to get it. He recommended it heavily being the evil person that he is. So, I picked this up and have started reading it.

As it is, I have quite a few books on naval warfare, policy, shipbuilding, ship design in the First World War.

Anyway, the premise of this book by Nicholas Lambert was that Fisher aims were total naval supremacy using new technology rather than countering the German build-up. Fisher was never the hidebound traditionalist and he espoused new naval technologies. He saw that through new technologies the eventual lack of funding can be countered. He saw the Battlecruiser as the new unit that can take the place of three types.

His revolution was, however, tempered by the traditional navalists after 1910 despite the efforts of Churchill's administration who embraced it.

His was the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) of a century ago.