| ID: | 24543 |
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| Entry Text: | Weir, Gary E. Building the Kaiser's Navy: The Imperial Navy Office and German Industry in the von Tirpitz Era, 1890-1919. Annapolis: NIP, 1992, xiv, 291 pp. How Tirpitz gained leverage over private shipbuilders & armament suppliers while keeping the navy independent of government control; his "risk theory" an utter failure as a strategy. |