The Royal Navy Since 1815: A New Short History

ISBN-13: 9780333721261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 312 str.

Eric J Grove

Opis

Eric Grove provides the only up-to-date short history of the Royal Navy over the last two hundred years, integrating new research which radically transforms our understanding of the story of British naval development.

Spis treści

Introduction.- The Coming of Steam.- The Steam Battlefleet.- The Ironclad Age.- The Two Power Standard.- The First World War.- The Interwar Period.- The Second World War.- The Post War Navy.- The Falklands and After.- Index.

O autorze

ERIC GROVE is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Hull.

Blurb

This book fills an important gap in the literature on the history of the modern Royal Navy. Eric Grove provides the only up-to-date, single-authored short history of the service over the last two hundred years, synthesizing the new work and latest research on the subject which has radically transformed our understanding of the story of British naval development.

Grove offers a concise and authoritative account of Royal Navy policy, structure, technical development and operations from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the close of the eventful twentieth century. Ideal for both specialist and general readers, this essential introduction explains how the Royal Navy maintained its pre-eminent position in the nineteenth century and how it coped with the more difficult problems of the twentieth, in times of peace and war.