Navalism and Greater Britain, 1897–1914

Mitcham, John C.

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“…19 Indeed, John C. Mitcham has argued that through the deployment of naval theatre the Royal Navy espoused a concept of a 'Sea Empire'; allowing the far sinews of the Empire to unite under a unified identity, which could breed loyalty to the British metropole. 20 However, this notion often excluded the participation of non-White citizens of Empire. Although army regiments of Sikhs and Ghurkhas were co-opted into Imperial Britain's military tapestry through the concept of 'martial races', such extensions were not afforded in a maritime capacity.…”

Section: Naval Theatre and The Portmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…21 Certainly, the acceptance of a 'gifted' ship from the Federated States of Malaya in 1912, subsequently named HMS Malaya, garnered less attention from the British press than White Dominion 'gift' ships, such as HMS Australia and HMS New Zealand. 22 The acceptance into the fold of an Asian ally with power in the Pacific, which was also independent of British rule, was thus a departure from the narrative of Britain's Sea Empire. The incorporation of the IJN into Britain's Sea Empire therefore had to be carefully choreographed.…”

Section: Naval Theatre and The Portmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Port towns and diplomacy: Japanese naval visits to Britain and Australia in the early twentieth century

Bassett¹

2020

International Journal of Maritime History

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The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1905 was a watershed moment for the presence of the Royal Navy in the Pacific. Although it allowed the Royal Navy to concentrate its fleets in European waters, this strategy caused resentment due to the underlying fear of the 'Yellow Peril', especially in the British dominions of Australia and New Zealand. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance presented some challenges to the received Edwardian racial hierarchy and the idea of British military supremacy. This article demonstrates how the 'port town' not only became a place of mediation where highlevel international diplomacy mingled with the face-to-face experience of an alliance 'in practice', but also a space through which issues such as Otherness and imperial security were contested and explored.The 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance marked the end of Britain's 'splendid isolation'. 1 Such an alliance presented some interesting complications when courting diplomatic, military, and public opinion in Britain because the Japanese did not neatly fit into the concept of 'Western' Edwardian racial hierarchy as they were not White, nor were they European by geography or descent. 2

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Section: Naval Theatre and The Portmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Naval Theatre and The Portmentioning

confidence: 99%