Brian Lavery

Empire of the Seas (eBook, ePUB)

How the navy forged the modern world

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The BBC TV Tie-in to Dan Snow's Timewatch series exploring the navy's rise over four centuries. The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality - that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy; and how it transformed our culture, our sense of national identity and our democracy. Brian Lavery's narrative explores the navy's rise over four centuries; a key factor in propelling Britain to its status as the most powerful nation on earth, and assesses the turning point of Jutland and the First World War. He creates a compelling read that is every bit as engaging as the TV series itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472835598
• Artikelnr.: 54485728

Autorenporträt

Brian Lavery is one of Britain's leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Ship (2006), Royal Tars (2010), Conquest of the Ocean (2013), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Heart of Oak
Chapter 1 Defeating the Armada
Chapter 2 The Drift to Civil War
Chapter 3 Dutch Wars
Chapter 4 Reform and Revolution
Part 2: The Golden Ocean
Chapter 5 European War
Chapter 6 Stability and Stagnation
Chapter 7 Broadening Horizons
Chapter 8 Defeat into Victory
Part 3: High Tide
Chapter 9 The Loss of America
Chapter 10 Crisis and Mutiny
Chapter 11 Nelson and the New Tactics
Chapter 12 The Triumphs and Limitations of Sea Power
Part 4: Sea Change
Chapter 13 The Effects of a Long Peace
Chapter 14 Steam, Steel and Shellfire
Chapter 15 Road to War
Chapter 16 The Test of War
Notes
Bibliography
Index