02947nam 2200673 a 450 991082424210332120200520144314.01-280-43557-70-203-02949-61-135-36485-097866104355791-135-36486-9(CKB)1000000000253584(EBL)165215(OCoLC)179139890(SSID)ssj0000283989(PQKBManifestationID)11228064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283989(PQKBWorkID)10250902(PQKB)11257218(SSID)ssj0000385287(PQKBManifestationID)12091593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000385287(PQKBWorkID)10345034(PQKB)11480208(MiAaPQ)EBC165215(OCoLC)437250486(OCoLC)503044854(OCoLC-P)437250486(FlBoTFG)9780203029497(EXLCZ)99100000000025358419990215d1999 uy 0engurmn|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSeapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830 /Richard HardingLondon UCL Press19991 online resource (xx, 356 pages) mapsWarfare and historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-85728-477-1 Bibliography: p343-347. - Includes index.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; IndexA 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.Warfare and history.Naval art and scienceEuropeHistoryBattleshipsEuropeHistoryNaval art and scienceHistory.BattleshipsHistory.359.0094Harding Richard1953-1125673MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824242103321Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-18303933116UNINA