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Author : Shawn T. Grimes
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843836988
Overturns existing thinking to show that the Royal Navy engaged professionally in war planning in the years before the First World War.
Author : Christian Buchet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843838012
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 : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141983837
Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between 'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery. 'Excellent and stimulating' Correlli Barnett 'The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history' Michael Howard, Sunday Times 'By far the best study that has ever been done on the subject ... a sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page' Daniel A. Baugh, International History Review 'The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us' Jon Sumida, Journal of Modern History
Author : Cyril Field
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547131304
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The British Navy Book" by Cyril Field. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783272310
A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843839477
A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century.
Author : Ben Wilson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297864097
The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism. The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path. EMPIRE OF THE DEEP: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NAVY also reveals how our naval history has shaped us in more subtle and surprising ways - our language, culture, politics and national character all owe a great debt to this conquest of the seas. This is a gripping, fresh take on our national story.
Author : Henry J. B. Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590692395
Author : Arthur Herman
Publisher : Coronet
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0340734191
An epic history of the Royal Navy, from the Spanish Armada to the present, that tells the story of how it dominated the world and laid the foundation for the modern age. This is the story of an institution in which courage in battle and bravery in death were a byword, from Nelson's death at Trafalgar to Commander Robert Scott's death in the icy wastes of Antarctica. It is also the story of a military force very different from any other, with a cast of individual personalities, from Sir Frances Drake and Captain James Cook to Charles Darwin and Sir Winston Churchill. But above all, the Royal Navy is part of the story of how one nation rose to global dominance without precedent and without equal, even today. But it also facilitated trade and communication with every other part of the planet. Thanks to its navy, the British Empire became the first truly global community, bound together by law, language, and commerce - and by the 'hearts of oak' of British ships and sailors. It created the first balance of power in Europe and helped to free the Continent from a succession of dictators, from Philip II of Spain and Louis XIV of France to Napoleon and Hitler. commerce, and established the bonds that hold together today's world.
Author : S. A. Cavell
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843837190
A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Officer recruits - "young gentlemen" - entered the Royal Navy with dreams of fame, fortune and glory, but many found promotion difficult, with a large number unable to progress beyond lieutenant. Recent scholarship has argued thatduring the wars of 1793-1815 there was greater social diversity among naval officers, with promotion increasingly related to professional competence. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the social backgroundof around 4,000 "young gentlemen" a term which includes midshipmen and various other categories, including captains' servants, volunteers and masters' mates. It concludes that in fact high birth became an increasingly important factor in the selection of officer candidates, and that as the Admiralty grip on the appointment and management of officer aspirants increased, especially after 1815, aristocratic presence in the ranks of young officers increased significantly as a result of deliberate Admiralty policy. The book also discusses the assertion that the increase in elite sons led to a dramatic increase in cases of indiscipline and insubordination, concluding that although therewas a marked increase in courts martial for insubordination during and after the French Wars there is no evidence that such cases related more to the elites than to young aspirants in general". The book includes many case study examples of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", illustrating what life was like for them and how they themselves viewed their situation. S.A. CAVELL is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology and Louisiana State University and completed her doctorate at the University of Exeter.
Author : Margarette Lincoln
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351904094
From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of 'Nelson's navy' had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain's defence and the safeguard of trade and imperial expansion. While there have been political and military histories of the Navy in this period, looking at battles and personalities, and studies of its administration and the life below decks, this book is the first study of the Navy in a cultural context, exploring contemporary attitudes to war and peace and to ideologies of race and gender. As well as literary sources, Dr Lincoln draws on the vast collections of the National Maritime Museum, in paintings, cartoons, and ceramics, amongst others, to focus attention on material that has hitherto been little used - even research into the general culture of the late-Georgian age has, curiously, neglected perceptions of the Navy, which was one of its major institutions. Individual chapters discuss the attitudes of particular groups towards the Navy - merchants, politicians, churchmen, women, scientists, and the seamen themselves - and how these attitudes changed over the course of the period.
Author : Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044055042485
Author : Thomas Brassey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108024693
This comprehensive survey of the British Navy at a time of technological development was published between 1882 and 1883.
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781783276776
Provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present. This book outlines the early voyages of the English East India Company, its building of its own naval forces and its conflicts with Indian states. It examines the opening up of the Pacific Ocean, the wars with the French in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the activities of the British navy in the later nineteenth century, both off the coasts of China and Japan, and also in the many other places to which the navy's very great power extended. It goes on to consider the wars of the twentieth century, Britain's withdrawal from east of Suez, and Britain's continuing relative decline. Throughout, the book provides accounts of battles and other actions, and relates the activities of the British navy to the wider political situation and to the activities of other European and Asian navies.
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275892
This book charts the involvement of the British navy in the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. It recounts the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake and their attacks on Spanish territories, outlines the capture of Jamaica during the time of Oliver Cromwell's rule and describes the growth of the British slave trade. It goes on to discuss the late seventeenth century and eighteenth century conflicts and wars with the Dutch, Spanish and French and the War of American Independence, analyses the effect of the abolition of the slave trade and explores the British dominance which prevailed throughout much of the nineteenth century. The book concludes by examining how in the twentieth century the British navy withdrew almost entirely from the Caribbean, tacitly ceding control to the United States. Throughout the book relates developments in the Caribbean to developments in Britain and in the British navy more widely. John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including eight previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The British Navy in the Baltic, Dictionary of British Naval Battles and The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56.