European Navies and the Conduct of War

ISBN-13: 9780415678902 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 302 str.

Carlos Alfaro-Zaforteza; Marcus Faulkner; Alan James

Opis

European Navies and the Conduct of War provides a comparative history of seapower of the European powers over more than 500 years. The author team, made up of experts in the French, Spanish, and German navies provide an international perspective, based on a wide range of sources in different languages. This book puts European navies firmly into a global context, in particular looking at their influence on the emergence of, and interaction with, the American and Japanese navies. The book gives coverage to the organisational, and operational aspects of naval warfare, but its key focus is to examine naval history in the context of the broader history of the period, keying into debates about imperialism and Atlantic history and establishing the wider political, ideological, and cultural influences which defined the purpose and use of navies and their influence on the conduct of war.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables Introduction Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Chapter One: European Navies and Princely Power Alan James Chapter Two: The Seventeenth Century. A First Age of Modern Naval Warfare Alan James Chapter Three: Globalisation and Escalation, 1715-1815 Alan James Chapter Four: The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1854 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Five: The Collapse of the Congress System Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Six: The Age of Empire, 1870-1914 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Seven: The First World War. Blockade, Neutrality, and the Submarine Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Eight: 1919-1939, A Time of Fractured Peace Malcolm Murfett Chapter Nine: European Navies and the War at Sea, 1939-42 Malcolm Murfett Chapter Ten: Redemption, 1943-45 Malcolm Murfett Conclusion Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Index