London's fear that a repeat of 1870, when Prussia and the German states smashed France, would mean that Germany, with a powerful army and navy, would control the English Channel and northwest France. British policy-makers insisted that that would be a catastrophe for British security. Notable students Geoffrey Wawro (PhD 1992) Richard Drayton (PhD 1999) Fareed Zakaria (BA 1986) Bibliography Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II (2022) Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War (2013) The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations (2006) From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century co-editor (2000) Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (1993) Grand Strategies in War and Peace (editor) (1991) The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism, 1860–1914 (2nd edn. 1988) The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 (1987) The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery (1986) (2nd edn. 2006) The First World War and the International Power System (1984) Strategy and Diplomacy 1870–1945 (1983) The Realities Behind Diplomacy: Background Influences on British External Policy 1865–1980 (1981) The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism 1860–1914 (1980) The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery (1976, paperback reissue 2001, 2004) The Samoan Tangle: A Study in Anglo-German-American Relations 1878–1900 (1974) Conquest: The Pacific War 1943–45 (1973) Pacific Onslaught 1941–43 (1972) Further reading Nau, Henry R. "Why 'The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers' was wrong", Review of International Studies, October 2001, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 579–592. Eugene L. Rasor, British Naval History since 1815: A Guide to the Literature. New York: Garland, 1990, pp. 41–54. Patrick D. Reagan, "Strategy and History: Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers", Journal of Military History, July 89, Vol. 53#3, pp. 291–306 in JSTOR. References External links "The Eagle has Landed", 2002 Financial Times article 1945 births Living people Academics of the University of East Anglia Alumni of Newcastle University Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy English male non-fiction writers English naval historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Members of the American Philosophical Society People educated at St. Cuthbert's School People from Wallsend Political realists Theoretical historians Theorists on Western civilization Yale University