Welcome to the Home Page for the "Straits
Trilogy"
by Geoffrey Miller
Volume I: Superior Force : the
conspiracy behind the escape of Goeben
and Breslau
Volume II: Straits : British Policy
towards the Ottoman Empire and the
Origins of the Dardanelles Campaign
Volume III: The Millstone : British
Naval Policy in the Mediterranean,
1900-1914, the Commitment to France and
British Intervention in the War
These books provide a comprehensive
account of British naval and diplomatic
policy in the two decades prior to the Great
War, focusing in particular on the escape of
the German ships Goeben and Breslau
[Superior Force], the origins of the
Dardanelles Campaign [Straits], and the
political and diplomatic imperatives behind
the British decision to enter the war in
August 1914 [The Millstone].
Please note that, in
addition to this site, each book
has its own, dedicated, web-site. At two of these sites, the full text is available on-line: www.superiorforce.co.uk [Superior
Force complete text] www.dardanelles.co.uk [Straits
complete text] www.the-millstone.co.uk [The
Millstone complete text]
Researching and writing
these books took ten years.
If you feel this site has been of some
interest please feel free to donate any
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Thank you.
Superior Force
The Conspiracy Behind the Escape of Goeben
and Breslau
xxiii + 458 pages,
20 illustrations,
2 maps
Full bibliography, notes and index
Card cover, 6¼" x 9¼"
ISBN 0 85958 635 9
Published 1996
For an overview of "Superior Force" (remaining within this web-site),
please click:
To go to the dedicated web-site for
"Superior Force", please click:
Straits
British Policy Towards the Ottoman Empire
and the Origins of the Dardanelles Campaign
xxvi + 604 pages,
12 illustrations, 1 map
Full bibliography, notes and index
Card cover, 5¾" x 8¼"
ISBN 0 85958 635 9
Hardcover ISBN 0 85958 663 4 [out of print]
Published 1997
For an overview of "Straits" (remaining within this web-site), please
click:
To go to the dedicated web-site for
"Straits", please click:
Please note that
Straits is now out-of-print; however,
a digital version is available.
The Millstone
British Policy in the Mediterranean,
1900-1914, the Commitment to France
and
British Intervention in the War
xv + 611 pages
Full bibliography, notes and index
Laminated card cover, 5¾" x 8¼"
ISBN 0 85958 690 1 [out of print]
Published 1999
For an overview of "The Millstone"
(remaining within this web-site), please
click:
To go to the dedicated web-site for
"The Millstone", please click:
Please note that
The Millstone is now out-of-print; however,
a digital version is available.
SMS Goeben
The Links Page :
As the range of our activities is so diverse,
we have a number of different websites. The site
you are currently viewing concentrates on the
three non-fiction books written by Geoffrey
Miller, dealing with British Naval Policy in the
Mediterranean from 1900 to 1915. The main
Flamborough Manor site focuses primarily on
accommodation but has brief details of all our
other activities. To allow for more information
to be presented on these other activities, there
are other self-contained web-sites. All our
web-sites have a
LINKS
page in common, which allows for easy navigation
between the various sites. To find out where you
are, or to return to the main site, simply go to
the
LINKS
page.
Signed copies of Superior Force are still
available, priced at £25.00 each plus postage. For
more information, please go to the
ORDERING page.
From
"The Journal of the American Great War Society"
(review of "Superior Force")
"Fine as Miller’s account is of the events at sea,
the book’s meat lies in the allegation in the
subtitle, which advances a contention so novel that
revisionistic is too mild a term for it. This is
that three highly-placed individuals in Athens
connived, directly or indirectly, to abet the escape
… Miller’s version of events seems confirmed by his
highly impressive research in primary sources … a
valuable contribution to Great War naval
literature."