A detailed analysis of the limitations of the system which relied on intermediaries and private suppliers to finance, build and maintain the French navy.
A detailed analysis of the limitations of the system which relied on intermediaries and private suppliers to finance, build and maintain the French navy.
Benjamin Darnell completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford. He has previously contributed to Strategy and the Sea (Boydell Press, 2016).
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General Introduction PART I: THE STRATEGIC AND FISCAL CONTEXT Introduction 1. French Naval Policy in the Nine Years' War 2. The Spanish Succession and the Shift in French Naval Strategy 3. Revenue-Raising and Credit Operations under Louis XIV PART II: THE FINANCING OF NAVAL EXPENDITURE Introduction 4. The Navy's Fiscal Intermediaries 5. The Costs, Risks, and Rewards of Office PART III: PAYMASTER ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE Introduction 6. Accounting Regulations and Financial Reporting Structures in the Navy 7. Financial Intelligence Gathering in War 8. Private Interest, Misappropriation, and Fraud in the Naval Treasury PART IV: THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NAVAL TREASURY Introduction 9. Organisational Expedients and Securing Access to Credit, 1628-1688 10. Reforms and the Fiscal Challenges of War, 1688-1701 PART V: FISCAL OVEREXTENSION AND OPERATIONAL PARALYSIS IN THE ERA OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION Introduction 11. Funding Shortfalls and Financial Pressures, 1701-1707 12. The Collapse of French Naval Power, 1707-1709 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
General Introduction PART I: THE STRATEGIC AND FISCAL CONTEXT Introduction 1. French Naval Policy in the Nine Years' War 2. The Spanish Succession and the Shift in French Naval Strategy 3. Revenue-Raising and Credit Operations under Louis XIV PART II: THE FINANCING OF NAVAL EXPENDITURE Introduction 4. The Navy's Fiscal Intermediaries 5. The Costs, Risks, and Rewards of Office PART III: PAYMASTER ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE Introduction 6. Accounting Regulations and Financial Reporting Structures in the Navy 7. Financial Intelligence Gathering in War 8. Private Interest, Misappropriation, and Fraud in the Naval Treasury PART IV: THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NAVAL TREASURY Introduction 9. Organisational Expedients and Securing Access to Credit, 1628-1688 10. Reforms and the Fiscal Challenges of War, 1688-1701 PART V: FISCAL OVEREXTENSION AND OPERATIONAL PARALYSIS IN THE ERA OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION Introduction 11. Funding Shortfalls and Financial Pressures, 1701-1707 12. The Collapse of French Naval Power, 1707-1709 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
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