Maritime power & the struggle for freedom : naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1788-1851
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Table of Contents

The French Revolution, 1789
The Terror, 1793
The glorious first of June, 1794
St. Vincent, 1797
Camperdown, 1797
The Nile, 1798
Copenhagen, 1801
Warriors and merchants
Bonaparte's Army of England, 1803
Trafalgar, 1805
The empire of the oceans
The continental blockade
The American War, 1812
Lake Eerie and Plattsburg Bay, 1813-1814
Napoleon's nemesis
The sceptre of the world.

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xii, 451 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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English
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9781585675890

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-437) and index.
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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 empires." "In the history of warfare at sea, no era can match the glory of the Nelson era, during which Britain gained supremacy over her rival, Napoleonic France, in the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805, and after which she was to find a new rival, the young United States, in the War of 1812. Padfield sets the reader on the gun deck, amid the cannons, smoke, blood, and death and "offers naval campaigns and sea battles as vivid as anything you will find in Patrick O'Brian" (former secretary of the U.S. Navy, John Lehman, The Wall Street Journal). In his analysis of the factors that led Britain to global dominance in the nineteenth century, Padfield shows naval history to be a major determinant and shaper of the modern world."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Padfield, P. (2005). Maritime power & the struggle for freedom: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1788-1851 . Overlook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Padfield, Peter. 2005. Maritime Power & the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851. Woodstock: Overlook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Padfield, Peter. Maritime Power & the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851 Woodstock: Overlook Press, 2005.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Padfield, P. (2005). Maritime power & the struggle for freedom: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1788-1851. Woodstock: Overlook Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Padfield, Peter. Maritime Power & the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851 Overlook Press, 2005.

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