Great Britain and Sea Power 1815-1853 (Modern Revivals in Military History)

Bartlett, Christopher John

ISBN 10: 0751201413 / ISBN 13: 9780751201413

Edité par Gregg Revivals, 1993

Gregg Revivals ; Distributed in the United States by Ashgate Pub. Co., Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Brookfield, Vt., USA [Published Date: 1993]. Originally published: Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover, xvi, 364 pages : maps, appendices, bibliography, index ; 22 cm. In good+ condition/ NO dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on front and spine. Staining to the bottom of the front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked with occasional light corner creases. Not Ex-library. An analysis of the forces determining British naval policy between the defeat of Napoleon and the start of the Crimean War. It is based on official and private papers and challenges some of the traditional charges that naval policy was too conservative, notably in the introduction of steamships. Contents include: Peace, parsimony and the post-war navy; sea power and foreign policy - 1815-1835; sea power and international rivalry - 1836-1841; steamers and the first invasion scare; steam power and national defence; British naval policy - 1848-1853; portrait of the pre-Crimean navy; British sea power in 1853. N° de réf. du vendeur 20250519007

Synopsis :

This is an analysis of the main forces determining British naval policy between the defeat of Napoleon and the start of the Crimean War. It is based on official and provate papers and challenges some of the traditional charges that naval policy was too conservative, notably in the introduction of steamships. These were weaknesses, but the fleet compares favourably with other navies. It also has to be borne in mind that in the Crimean War it was engaged against fortications rather than enemy ships. The navy was an undoubted success as a strategic instrument before and during that war.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Great Britain and Sea Power 1815-1853 (...
Éditeur : Gregg Revivals
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Good