Brian Lavery

Empire of the Seas

How the Navy Forged the Modern World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"By arrangement with the BBC"--T.p. verso.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: US Naval Institute Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 201mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1238g
• ISBN-13: 9781591142348
• ISBN-10: 1591142342
• Artikelnr.: 29956766

Autorenporträt

Brian Lavery is the guest curator of the exhibition Victory 250 at Chatham Historic Dockyard. He has written more than thirty books on maritime history including the highly successful Nelson's Navy and Empire of the Seas.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Heart of Oak
Chapter 1 Defeating the Armada
Chapter 2 The Drift to Civil War
Chapter 3 Dutch Wars
Chapter 4 Reform and Revolution
Part 2: The Golden Ocean
Chapter 5 European War
Chapter 6 Stability and Stagnation
Chapter 7 Broadening Horizons
Chapter 8 Defeat into Victory
Part 3: High Tide
Chapter 9 The Loss of America
Chapter 10 Crisis and Mutiny
Chapter 11 Nelson and the New Tactics
Chapter 12 The Triumphs and Limitations of Sea Power
Part 4: Sea Change
Chapter 13 The Effects of a Long Peace
Chapter 14 Steam, Steel and Shellfire
Chapter 15 Road to War
Chapter 16 The Test of War
Notes
Bibliography
Index