Brian Lavery

Empire of the Seas

How the Navy Forged the Modern World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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