Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830
History
xx, 356 pages : maps ; 25 cm
9781557508881, 9781557508898, 1557508887, 1557508895
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The age of sail and naval history
The changing maritime world
The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world
The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650-88
The growth of operational flexibility
The Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13)
Seapower on the world stage, 1713-56
The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756-63
The acceleration of naval competition, 1763-89
Seapower and global hegemony, 1789-1830
Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfare