Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830
By: Richard Harding.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Sea-power -- History; Naval history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-347) and index.
Table of contents: value: The age of sail and naval history; value: The changing maritime world; value: The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world; value: The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650-88; value: The growth of operational flexibility; value: The Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13); value: Seapower on the world stage, 1713-56; value: The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756-63; value: The acceleration of naval competition, 1763-89; value: Seapower and global hegemony, 1789-1830; value: Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfare.