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Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830
Author
Title
Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830 / Richard Harding.
ISBN
0203029496
020317349X
1135364869
1280435577
9780203029497
9780203173497
9781135364861
9781280435577
1857284771
185728478X
9781857284775
9781857284782
Published
London : UCL Press, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : maps
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Summary
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
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Harding, Richard, 1953- Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830. London : UCL Press, 1999
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Warfare and history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index.
Contents
The age of sail and naval history
The changing maritime world
The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world
The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650-88
The growth of operational flexibility
The Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13)
Seapower on the world stage, 1713-56
The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756-63
The acceleration of naval competition, 1763-89
Seapower and global hegemony, 1789-1830
Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfare.
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