num_pages: 344
description: Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.
language: English
title: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America
titlecomplete: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America
genres: History
ratings_count: 3
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: John Lyman Book Award
category: Canadian Maritime History
publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press