The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution

Willis, Sam

ISBN 10: 0393239926 / ISBN 13: 9780393239928

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

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• Titre: The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution
• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393239926
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393239928
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: very_good

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Synopsis

The American Revolution involved a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no fewer than twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans--to say nothing of rivers and lakes. In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history. Simultaneous naval campaigns were fought in the English Channel, the North and Mid-Atlantic, the Mediterranean, off South Africa, in the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the Pacific, the North Sea and, of course, off the eastern seaboard of America. Not until the Second World War would any nation actively fight in so many different theaters.

In The Struggle for Sea Power, Sam Willis traces every key military event in the path to American independence from a naval perspective, and he also brings this important viewpoint to bear on economic, political, and social developments that were fundamental to the success of the Revolution. In doing so Willis offers valuable new insights into American, British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian history.

This unique account of the American Revolution gives us a new understanding of the influence of sea power upon history, of the American path to independence, and of the rise and fall of the British Empire.

À propos de l'auteur

Sam Willis is a maritime historian, archaeologist, and broadcaster. He is the author of a number of books on maritime and naval history, including the Hearts of Oak trilogy and the Fighting Ships series. Willis has appeared in and presented numerous TV series, including Shipwrecks and Castles for BBC4 and Operation Grand Canyon for BBC2. He is a Visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at the University of Plymouth, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.