Parameters of British naval power, 1650-1850
A searching collection of investigations into British naval power in the closing centuries of the sailing ship era. The discussions focus on the later seventeenth century strategy of a 'big ship' battlefleet; naval recruiting; naval power and foreign policy; and the administration of the early Victorian navy and the coming of steam.
Exeter maritime studies, no. 7
Aufsatzsammlung
vi, 144 pages ; 23 cm
9780859893855, 0859893855
27762427
Introduction / Michael Duffy
The birth of the Imperial Navy? / David Davies
British naval power and international commitments / Jeremy Black
The establishment of the Western Squadron as the linchpin of British naval strategy / Michael Duffy
'A little navy of your own making' / Nicholas Rodger
Naval power, strategy and foreign policy, 1775-1791 / Jeremy Black
Sir George Cockburn and the management of the Royal Navy, 1841-6 / Roger Morriss