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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, Richard, 1953-

Series:

Warfare and history.

Warfare and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval art and science--Europe--History.

Naval art and science.

Battleships--Europe--History.

Battleships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p343-347. - Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-280-43557-7

0-203-02949-6

1-135-36485-0

9786610435579

1-135-36486-9

9780203029497

OCLC:

179139890