European Navies and the Conduct of War

ISBN-13: 9780415678919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 302 str.

Carlos Alfaro-Zaforteza; Marcus Faulkner; Alan James

Opis

"European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European Navies have operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea. Chronological in structure, the book is the ideal resource for students and scholars of naval and military history"--

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