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The author examines the relationship between politics and naval strength from the Norman invasion of Britain to the Cold War in the 1970s, assessing the political value of the peaceful use of seapower during this period.

Internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world s naval and paranaval forces, this popular Naval Institute guide is both comprehensive and affordable. Updated biennially since 1976, it has come to be relied on for all-inclusive, accurate, and up-to-date data on the ships, navies, coast guards, and naval aviation arms of more than 180 countries and territories. Large fleets and small maritime forces get equally thorough treatment...

"[Volume 1] Traces the social issues, technological advances, and combative encounters of the international naval race from 1890 through WWI, as the largest industrial nations (U.S, Great Britain, Japan, and Germany) scrambled to secure global markets and empire, using their battleship navies as pawns of power politics"--Provided by publisher.

This volume concentrates on the second part of the year 1940.

Describes the warships of England and other countries in the seventeenth century and the battles and wars in which they were involved.