Sailors Statesmen And The Implementation Of Naval Strategy

Author : Agustín Guimerá,Richard Harding
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837651207

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Sailors, Statesmen and the Implementation of Naval Strategy by Agustín Guimerá,Richard Harding Pdf

Explores the varied relationship between political leaders and naval experts, from the 16th to 21st centuries The shaping of national defence strategies is particularly difficult in the case of navies. Few political leaders have naval experience, in contrast to the case of armies where political leaders and army commanders have often shared similar social and professional backgrounds. Bringing together historical examples from Britain, the United States, Spain and France, the book provides insights into this key relationship.The authors highlight factors which have made for successful relationships between political leaders and naval experts, showing how changing circumstances have affected the dialogue and underlines the importance of good exchange of knowledge, expertise and understanding for successful policy making and strategic outcomes. Sea power continues to be crucial in the present world's increasingly unstable geopolitical situation, the mutual exchange of expertise between naval experts and political leaders is as important as ever, and the risk of political 'sea blindness' remains high. This book's historical examples provide good guidance on how to manage the relationship between political leaders and naval experts well.al leaders is as important as ever, and the risk of political 'sea blindness' remains high. This book's historical examples provide good guidance on how to manage the relationship between political leaders and naval experts well.al leaders is as important as ever, and the risk of political 'sea blindness' remains high. This book's historical examples provide good guidance on how to manage the relationship between political leaders and naval experts well.al leaders is as important as ever, and the risk of political 'sea blindness' remains high. This book's historical examples provide good guidance on how to manage the relationship between political leaders and naval experts well.

Author : James Davey
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843837480

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The Transformation of British Naval Strategy by James Davey Pdf

Shows how the system of supply was perfected during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars, enabling fleets to stay at sea on a permanent basis. After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of practice and refinement had rendered it adept at executing operations - fighting battles, blockading and convoying - across theglobe. And yet, as late as 1807, fleets were forced from their stations due to an ineffective provisioning system. The Transformation of British Naval Strategy shows how sweeping administrative reforms enacted between 1808and 1812 established a highly-effective logistical system, changing an ineffective supply system into one which successfully enabled a fleet to remain on station for as long as was required. James Davey examines the logistical support provided for fleets sent to Northern Europe during the Napoleonic War and shows how this new supply system successfully transformed naval operations, enabling the navy to pursue crucial objectives of national importance, protect essential exports and imports and attack the economies of the Napoleonic Empire. The Transformation of British Naval Strategy is a detailed study of national policy, administrative and political reform and strategic viability. It delves into the nature of the British state, its relationship with the private sector and its ability to reform itself in a time of war. Bureaucratic restructuring represented the last stage in a century-long process of logistical improvement. As a result of the reforms, the navy was able to conduct operations beyond the realms of possibility even twenty years earlier and saw the reach of its power transformed. Military and Napoleonic historians will find this book invaluable. JAMES DAVEY is Research Curator at the National Maritime Museum and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, where he teaches British naval history.

Author : J. Ross Dancy
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783270033

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The Myth of the Press Gang by J. Ross Dancy Pdf

Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century.

Author : Tim Voelcker
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843834311

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Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon by Tim Voelcker Pdf

Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.

Author : John B. Hattendorf,Richard W. Unger
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0851159036

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War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by John B. Hattendorf,Richard W. Unger Pdf

"Wide-ranging in place and time, yet tightly focused on particular concerns, these new and original specialist articles show how observations on the early history of warfare based on the relatively stable conditions of the late seventeenth century ignore the realities of war at sea in the middle ages and renaissance. In these studies, naval historians firmly grounded in the best current understanding of the period take account of developments in ships, guns and the language of public policy on war at sea, and in so doing give a stimulating introduction to five hundred years of maritime violence in Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Shinsuke Satsuma
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843838623

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Britain and Colonial Maritime War in the Early Eighteenth Century by Shinsuke Satsuma Pdf

In early modern Britain, there was an argument that war at sea, especially war in Spanish America, was an ideal means of warfare, offering the prospect of rich gains at relatively little cost whilst inflicting considerable damage on enemy financial resources. This book examines that argument, tracing its origin to the glorious memory of Elizabethan maritime war, discussing its supposed economic advantages, and investigating its influence on British politics and naval policy during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-13) and after. The book reveals that the alleged economic advantages of war at sea were crucial in attracting the support of politicians of different political stances. It shows how supporters of war at sea, both in the government as well as in the opposition, tried to implement pro-maritime war policy by naval operations, colonial expeditions and by legislation, and how their attempts were often frustrated by diplomatic considerations, the incapacity of naval administration, and by conflicting interests between different groups connected to the West Indian colonies and Spanish American trade. It demonstrates how, after the War of the Spanish Succession, arguments for active colonial maritime war continued to be central to political conflict, notably in the opposition propaganda campaigns against the Walpole ministry, culminating in the War of Jenkins's Ear against Spain in 1739. The book also includes material on the South Sea Company, showing how the foundation of this company, later the subject of the notorious 'Bubble', was a logical part of British strategy. Shinsuke Satsuma completed his doctorate in maritime history at the University of Exeter.

Author : Christian Buchet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843838012

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The British Navy, Economy and Society in the Seven Years War by Christian Buchet Pdf

An analysis of how Britain developed a superb supply system for the navy, with beneficial consequences both for victory in war and for Britain's economic development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Smashbooks
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : China
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Chinese Navy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Arthur
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843836650

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How Britain Won the War of 1812 by Brian Arthur Pdf

The book demonstrates the effectiveness of British maritime blockades, both naval blockade, which handicapped the American Navy, and commercial blockade, which restricted US overseas trade. The commercial blockade severely reduced US government income, which was heavily dependent on customs duties, forcing it to borrow, eventually without success. Actually insolvent, the US government abandoned its war aims.

Author : Rosalin Barker
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843836315

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The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry by Rosalin Barker Pdf

Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge contribution to the maritime history of Britain: Captain Cook learned sailing and navigation here; during the eighteenth century the town was a provider of an exceptionally large number of transport ships in wartime; and in the nineteenth century Whitby became a major whaling port. This book examines how it came to be such an important shipping centre. Drawing on extensive maritime records, the author shows that it was commercial entrepreneurship which brought about the growth of Whitby's shipping industry, first in the export of local alum and carrying coal to London, then in northern European trades, alongside its very successful ship-building industry. The book includes details from the financial accounts of voyages. These provide a fascinating insight into seafaring in the period with details of the hierarchical structure of crews, and of shipboard apprentices learning the trade. Overall, a very full picture emerges of every aspect of the shipping industry of this key port. ROSALIN BARKER is an Honorary Fellow in the History Department at the University of Hull, and was formerly a tutor in adult education at the universities of Cambridge, Leeds and Hull and the Open University.

Author : Richard Harding
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843835806

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The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy by Richard Harding Pdf

Discusses the lessons which Britain learned in the war of 1739-48 which, when applied in later wars, brought about Britain's global naval supremacy.

Author : David Ormrod,Gijs Rommelse
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783273249

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War, Trade and the State by David Ormrod,Gijs Rommelse Pdf

A reassessment of the Anglo-Dutch wars of the second half of the seventeenth century, demonstrating that the conflict was primarily about trade.

Author : Julian Stafford Corbett
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547010715

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Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian Stafford Corbett Pdf

Some Principles of Maritime Strategy is a book by Julian Stafford Corbett. It delves into maritime theory of war and naval strategy with actual examples throughout history.

Author : Ronald M. Lamothe
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847010421

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Slaves of Fortune by Ronald M. Lamothe Pdf

The Anglo-Egyptian re-conquest of Sudan - Churchill's 'River War' - has been well chronicled from the British point of view, but we still know little about its front line troops, the Sudanese soldiers of the Egyptian Army. Making use of unpublished primary sources and published material located in the United Kingdom and Sudan, Slaves of Fortune provides an historiographic correction. It argues that nineteenth-century Sudanese slave soldiers were social beings and historical actors, shaping both European and African destinies, just as their own lives were being transformed by imperial forces. -- Jacket.

Author : Gilbert Norman Tucker
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342694030

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The Naval Service of Canada by Gilbert Norman Tucker Pdf

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