The emergence of Britain's global naval supremacy
Subtitle: the war of 1739-1748
By: Richard Harding
Publisher: Boydell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Woodbridge; Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781843835806
Subjects: Naval History; Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748
Description: Although it was the Seven Years War (1756-63) that confirmed Britain as the leading maritime power, this text argues and demonstrates that it was the thinking through of military strategy, planning and operations in the war of 1739-48 that laid the foundations for Britain's subsequent supreme position.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index.