The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest

ISBN-13: 9781138212817 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 640 str.

Daniel Baugh

Opis

In this new edition of The Global Seven Years War, Daniel Baugh emphasises the ways that sea power hindered French military preparations while also furnishing strategic opportunities. Special attention is paid to undertakings – always French – that failed to receive needed financial support.

Spis treści

 1. Introduction  2. Statesmen and regimes  3. Origins: the contested regions, 1748-54  4.  Risking war, 1754–55  5. War without declaration: North America, 1755  6. Indecision in Europe: May to December 1755  7. French triumphs, British blunders, 1756  8. France’s European war plan, 1756–57  9. The tide turns, 1758  10. The Atlantic and North America, 1758  11. The West Indies and North America, 1759  12. The British victory at sea, 1759  13. Britain conquers afar, disunity looms at home  14. The chance of peace, 1761  15. Peacemaking 1762: concessions before conquests  16. Conclusion and aftermath

O autorze

Daniel Baugh is Professor Emeritus of History, Cornell University. Born in Philadelphia, he received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University and is author of British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole (1965). In 2011 he received the National Maritime Museum’s Caird Medal.