An edition of Empire of the seas (2009)

Empire of the seas

how the navy forged the modern world

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An edition of Empire of the seas (2009)

Empire of the seas

how the navy forged the modern world

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The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become reality - that the nation's new destiny, the souce of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy; and how it transformed out culture, our sens of national identity and our democracy.

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Conway
Language
English
Pages
272

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Heart of Oak
Defeating the Armada
The drift to Civil War
Dutch wars
Reform and revolution
Part 2: The golden ocean
European war
Stability and stagnation
Broadening horizons
Defeat into victory
Part 3: High tide
The loss of America
Crisis and mutiny
Nelson and the new tactics
The triumphs and limitations of sea power
Part 4: Sea change
The effects of a long peace
Steam, steel and shellfire
Road to war
The test of war.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
359.00941
Library of Congress
DA70 .L38 2009, DA70

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 pages
Number of pages
272

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Open Library
OL32096410M
Internet Archive
empireofseashown0000lave
ISBN 10
1844861090
ISBN 13
9781844861095
OCLC/WorldCat
423599090
Wikidata
Q119992760

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