Jan Rüger
Auteur van Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
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At some point the naval powers realized the danger on provoking 'the other' in this game (i.e. the Germans or British depending on viewpoint) and the great expense of putting on the show. However, apparently the process was so successful that the press, public, and local communities would not give up the entertainment and economic value of these activities. In effect the naval authorities lost contol of the game.
I very much recommend this book to anyone interested in WWI, the German/Anglo naval race, and even the history of the inter-war period. The Nazis learned some trick of staging public events from the efforts of The Great Naval Game.… (meer)