Maritime dominion and the triumph of the free world
Subtitle: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1852-2001
By: Peter Padfield
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9781590203323
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Naval battles; History; Seeschlacht; Sjöstridskrafter; Historia; Sjöoperationer
Description: Assesses the historical influence of naval power, including the United States's elevation to a world force, the positioning of Germany and Russia as adversarial nations, and the unique qualities of Japan's navy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: The British Empire; title: The Russian (Crimean) War, 1854; title: The Indian Mutiny, 1857; title: The American Civil War, 1861; title: Pax Britannica; title: Aspirant Navies: the United States; title: Aspirant Navies: Imperial Japan; title: Aspirant Navies: Imperial Germany; title: Tsushima, 1905; title: Long-range Gunnery; title: Towards Armageddon; title: War, Coronel and the Falkland Islands, 1914; title: The Dogger Bank, 1915; title: The U-boat Offensive, 1915; title: Jutland, 1916 (Beatty); title: Jutland, 1916 (Jellicoe); title: Unrestricted U-boat War, 1917; title: The Baton Passes; title: Hitler's War, 1939; title: The Warlords; title: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1; title: The Pacific, 1942; title: Midway, 1942; title: Allied Victory, 1943-5; title: The 'Cold War'; title: and After.