Pax Britannica : ruling the waves and keeping the peace before armageddon /
Gough, Barry M.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Defining pax Britannica -- Empire of the seas -- Anchors of empire -- Surveying the seas, expanding the empire of science -- Informal and formal empires in the Americas -- Challenges of Europe, the mediterranean, and the Black Sea -- Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China seas -- Imperial web in the South Pacific -- Send a gunboat! -- Anti-slaver: West Africa and the Americas -- Treaty making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean -- Darkening horizons -- The lion and the eagle -- Trident bearers: the navy as Britannia's instrument -- Recessional: end of pax Britannica and the American inheritance.
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Civilization, Modern
Peace
Peace