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

• Autore: Harding Richard <1953->
• Pubblicazione: London, : UCL Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : maps
• Disciplina: 359.0094
• Soggetto topico: Naval art and science - Europe - History; Battleships - Europe - History
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830
• ISBN: 1-280-43557-7; 0-203-02949-6; 1-135-36485-0; 9786610435579; 1-135-36486-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824242103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Warfare and history.