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

• Autore: Harding Dr Richard
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 359.009; 359.00903
• Soggetto topico: Battleships; Europe; History; Naval art and science; Sea-power; Naval Science - General; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HardingRichard
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Seapower And Naval Warfare, 1650-1830
• ISBN: 1-135-36486-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450696003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Warfare and History