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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450696003321

Autore

Harding Dr Richard

Titolo

Seapower And Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

1-135-36486-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Warfare and History

Altri autori (Persone)

HardingRichard

Disciplina

359.009

359.00903

Soggetti

Battleships

Europe

History

Naval art and science

Sea-power

Naval Science - General

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Maps; Preface; 1 The age of sailŽ and naval history; 2 The changing maritime world; 3 The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world; 4 The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650...88; 5 The growth of operational flexibility; 6 The Nine Years War (1688...97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13); 7 Seapower on the world stage, 1713...56; 8 The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756...63; 9 The acceleration of naval competition, 1763...89; 10 Seapower and global hegemony, 1789...1830

11 Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfareAppendix: the nominal strength of selected sailing navies; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From the author of ""Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century"" and ""The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815"", this book serves as a single- volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval



power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals.