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2) Maritime supremacy & the opening of the western mind: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world
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"From naval and military historian Peter Padfield, Maritime Supremacy is exploration of the significance of maritime power in shaping the western ideal of political freedom." "Maritime supremacy details the struggles of the first supreme maritime powers of the modern age, the Dutch and the British, and ends with the emergence of the ultimate successor, the United States of America. Changes in society, politics, trade - including the slave trade -...
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"Karl Dönitz (German pronunciation: [dø?nts] (listen); 16 September 1891? 24 December 1980) was a German naval commander during World War II. He started his career in the German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine, or "Imperial Navy") before World War I. In 1918, while he was in command of UB-68, the submarine was sunk by British forces and Dönitz was taken prisoner. While in a prisoner of war camp, he formulated what he later called Rudeltaktik ("pack tactic",...
5) Maritime power & the struggle for freedom: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1788-1851
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"With Maritime Supremacy, naval historian Peter Padfield was acclaimed for bringing a fresh perspective to world history by looking at it through the lens of naval history, as no one had before. Now in the follow-up to that book, Maritime Power, Padfield combines the drama of battle with a trenchant analysis of the causes of victory, revealing the hidden constant of history whereby sea powers have, throughout the modern era, prevailed over land-based...