All Outputs (14)

Shadows of Arlington (2023)
Thesis
Fenton, C. E. Shadows of Arlington. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500738

The common perception that the root cause of US military caution and casualty aversion was the Vietnam War, is a falsehood. Shadows of Arlington introduces the supposition that the roots of US Casualty Aversion (USCA) and its principles of defence an... Read More about Shadows of Arlington.

Franco-British naval cooperation at the Dardanelles, 1914-1916, new friends, old enemies, eternal rivals? (2017)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Préneuf, J. D., & Vaisset, T. (2017). Franco-British naval cooperation at the Dardanelles, 1914-1916, new friends, old enemies, eternal rivals?. British Journal of Military History, 3(3), 122-147

This paper considers the factors needed for a success to have been made of joint Franco-British naval operations during the Dardanelles campaign of 1915 and 1916. It does so by examining the importance of: joint decision making at all levels of the c... Read More about Franco-British naval cooperation at the Dardanelles, 1914-1916, new friends, old enemies, eternal rivals?.

The UK as a medium maritime power in the 21st century: Logistics for influence (2016)
Book
Martin, C. (2016). The UK as a medium maritime power in the 21st century: Logistics for influence. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01237-1

This book argues that the UK, as a post-modern globalised state, will require means to have influence over events and opponents that threaten the UK's interests in the 21st century, and that its means is the Royal Navy. However, unlike other studies,... Read More about The UK as a medium maritime power in the 21st century: Logistics for influence.

La marine nationale française vue par l’amiral Fisher: entre rival au long cours et allié inutile (2015)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2015). La marine nationale française vue par l’amiral Fisher: entre rival au long cours et allié inutile. Revue d'histoire maritime, 20, 119-142

Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. (2012)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. (2012). Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. In The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (193 - 207). Palgrave Macmillan

The Complexity of Strategy : "Jackie" Fisher and the Trouble with Submarines (2011)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2011). The Complexity of Strategy : "Jackie" Fisher and the Trouble with Submarines. Journal of Military History, 75(2), 441-470

By utilising original memoranda, letters, and notes, this article illustrates the destabilising effect that new technology can have on naval strategic thinking. Correspondence between Admiral Sir "Jackie" Fisher, the Unionist Prime Minister A. J. Bal... Read More about The Complexity of Strategy : "Jackie" Fisher and the Trouble with Submarines.

The Con-Lib agenda for national security and strategy (2011)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. (2011). The Con-Lib agenda for national security and strategy. In The Cameron-Clegg government: coalition politics in an age of austerity (187 - 202). Palgrave Macmillan

The Historical Use of Maritime Improvised Explosive Devices (2010)
Preprint / Working Paper
Martin, C. (in press). The Historical Use of Maritime Improvised Explosive Devices

Christopher Martin : why it makes no sense for Britain to cling on to Trident (2010)
Newspaper / Magazine
Martin, C. (2010). Christopher Martin : why it makes no sense for Britain to cling on to Trident

Yorkshire Post article

Un nouveau regard sur les mutations de la Royal Navy au debut du XXe siecle (2009)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2009). Un nouveau regard sur les mutations de la Royal Navy au debut du XXe siecle. Revue historique des armees, 257, 44-58

The interpretation of changes in the British naval instrument in the early twentieth century has been thoroughly renewed in the last twenty years. The decisive action of Admiral Fisher, First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1910, has been reconsidered, the emp... Read More about Un nouveau regard sur les mutations de la Royal Navy au debut du XXe siecle.

The Declaration of London: a matter of operational capability (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2009). The Declaration of London: a matter of operational capability. Historical research : the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 82(218), 731-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00462.x

The Declaration of London (1909) has proven problematic for historians. The standard historiography has it that the first sea lord, Admiral Sir John Fisher, allowed the Declaration to be negotiated only because he intended to tear it up, along with a... Read More about The Declaration of London: a matter of operational capability.

'Future Threats, Future Carriers' (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2008). 'Future Threats, Future Carriers'. Defence management journal, 79 - 85

Defence Management Journal

The 1907 Naval War Plans and the second Hague peace conference: a case of propaganda (2005)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2005). The 1907 Naval War Plans and the second Hague peace conference: a case of propaganda. Journal of Strategic Studies, 28(5), 833-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390500393993

The phenomenon of mutual sea denial had rendered offensive naval actions such as commercial blockade impossible in the narrow seas around Europe. Consequently, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Fisher, abandoned commercial blockade for the safer o... Read More about The 1907 Naval War Plans and the second Hague peace conference: a case of propaganda.

Global, not European: the British Navy’s building programme under Admiral Sir John ‘Jacky’ Fisher
Book Chapter
Martin, C. Global, not European: the British Navy’s building programme under Admiral Sir John ‘Jacky’ Fisher. . The University of Hull