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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783851503321

Autore

Harding Richard

Titolo

Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-280-43557-7

0-203-02949-6

1-135-36485-0

9786610435579

1-135-36486-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : maps

Collana

Warfare and History

Disciplina

359.009

359.00903

Soggetti

Battleships - Europe - History

Naval art and science - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

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 warfare Appendix: the nominal strength of selected sailing navies; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is ideal for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians.