- Publisher: Amberley
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 242x156mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781398114357
- Product code: 546558
Britain's Naval Route to Greatness 1688–1815
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The ‘long eighteenth century’ saw Britain become a global power largely through the strength of its navy. In a wide-ranging study that locates the origin of maritime power in the defensive needs of an island nation suspicious of standing armies, Jeremy Black follows the political drive to develop an effective fleet, and explains its recruitment, logistics, and the tactical and strategic lessons learned from specific battles from La Hougue in 1692 to Trafalgar in 1805.
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