The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
A. T. Mahan
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Newburyport : : Dover Publications, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (774 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY. - INTRODUCTORY.; CHAPTER I. - DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTS OF SEA POWER.; CHAPTER II. - STATE OF EUROPE IN 1660. - SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, 1665-1667. SEA BATTLES OF LOWESTOFT AND OF THE FOUR DAYS.; CHAPTER III. - WAR OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE UNITED PROVINCES, 1672-1674. - FINALLY, OF FRANCE AGAINST COMBINED EUROPE, 1674-1678. - SEA BATTLES OF SOLEBAY, THE TEXEL, AND STROMBOLI.. - CHAPTER IV. - ENGLISH REVOLUTION. - WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG, 1688-1697. - SEA BATTLES OF BEACHY HEAD AND LA HOUGUE.CHAPTER V. - WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-1713. - SEA BATTLE OF MALAGA.; CHAPTER VI. - THE REGENCY IN FRANCE. - ALBERONI IN SPAIN. - POLICIES OF WALPOLE AND FLEURI. - WAR OF THE POLISH SUCCESSION. - ENGLISH CONTRABAND TRADE IN SPANISH AMERICA. - GREAT BRITAIN DECLARES WAR AGAINST SPAIN. - 1715-1739.. - CHAPTER IX. - COURSE OF EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS TO 1778. - MARITIME WAR CONSEQUENT UPON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - SEA BATTLE OFF USHANT.CHAPTER X. - MARITIME WAR IN NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES, 1778-1781. - ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE COURSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - FLEET ACTIONS OFF GRENADA, DOMINICA, AND CHESAPEAKE BAY.; CHAPTER XI. - MARITIME WAR IN EUROPE, 1779-1782.; CHAPTER XII. - EVENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1781. - SUFFREN SAILS FROM BREST, 1781. - HIS BRILLIANT NAVAL CAMPAIGN IN THE INDIAN SEAS, 1782, 1783.. - CHAPTER VII. - WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN, 1739. - WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740. - FRANCE JOINS SPAIN AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN, 1744. - SEA BATTLES OF MATTHEWS, ANSON, AND HAWKE. - PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, 1748.CHAPTER VIII. - SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1156-1163. - ENGLAND'S OVERWHELMING POWER AND CONQUESTS ON THE SEAS, IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND EAST AND WEST INDIES. - SEA BATTLES : BYNG OFF MINORCA ; HAWKE AND CONFLANS ; POCOCK AND D' ACHÉ IN EAST INDIES.. - CHAPTER XIII. - EVENTS IN THE WEST INDIES AFTER THE SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN. - ENCOUNTERS OF DE GRASSE WITH HOOD. - THE SEA BATTLE OF THE SAINTS. - 1781, 1782.CHAPTER XIV. - CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE MARITIME WAR OF 1778.; INDEX.; A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST. - <DIV>Influential classic of naval history and tactics still used as text in war colleges. Read by Kaiser Wilhelm, both Roosevelts, other leaders. First paperback edition. 4 maps. 24 battle plans.<br></div>
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| ISBN | 0486255093. - 9780486255095
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