| Titre | Grands systèmes techniques et stratégie : les choix en matière de télécommunications intercontinentales dans le premier quart du XXème siècle | |
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| Auteur | Pascal Griset | |
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Revue | Flux |
| Numéro | no 26, octobre-décembre 1996 | |
| Page | 5-15 | |
| Résumé anglais |
At the beginning of the twentieth century, it appeared that the new technology of radio would be able to challenge the supremacy of underwater cables, and thus the English, in trans-Atlantic telecommunications. It should be noted, however, that many of the hopes raised by this innovation were the direct result of a skilful campaign launched by Marconi. The concerns of those in cable, who over-estimated the potential of radio, contributed to raising the value of the new technique, which the English did not even bother mastering. Nothing really changed until the beginning of the 1920s, when radiotelegraphy began suddenly to upset the British order of things. In place of a former geostrategic framework were substituted new sets of rules in which innovation, rather than the mastery of physical space, constituted the key to international leadership. This new geostrategic paradigm, shaped by the Americans, is still in many respects the basis for present-day international rivalries. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/flux_1154-2721_1996_num_12_26_1196 |
