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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824242103321

Autore

Harding Richard <1953->

Titolo

Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830 / / Richard Harding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : UCL Press, 1999

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

359.0094

Soggetti

Naval art and science - Europe - History

Battleships - 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

Bibliography: p343-347. - Includes 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.