Maritime Supremacy And The Opening Of The Western Mind
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Maritime Supremacy
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Maritime Supremacy written by Peter Padfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Great Britain categories.
Maritime Supremacy And The Opening Of The Western Mind
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-04-03
Maritime Supremacy And The Opening Of The Western Mind written by Peter Padfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-03 with History categories.
From the best naval historian of his generation (John Keegan) comes a brilliant exploration of the significance of maritime power in shaping the western ideal of political freedom. 25 illustrations.
Maritime Supremacy The Opening Of The Western Mind
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2000-07-06
Maritime Supremacy The Opening Of The Western Mind written by Peter Padfield and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-06 with Great powers categories.
A masterpiece of naval history, this book charts the growth of sea-fighting and trading and reveals the way in which supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself.
Maritime Power And The Struggle For Freedom
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher: John Murray
Release Date : 2004-02
Maritime Power And The Struggle For Freedom written by Peter Padfield and has been published by John Murray this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02 with France categories.
This book charts the epic struggle between Great Britain and revolutionary and Napoleonic France, revealing both the hidden forces beneath the surface of events and the strategies and battle tactics which ensured Britain the final victory. In Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind, Peter Padfield covered the rise of the Dutch to supreme naval and commercial power in the 17th century and their displacement by the British, followed by the 18th-century struggle between Great Britain and Bourbon France. He now explores the contrasts between British power based on trade and sea control and French power based on territorial conquest, and shows how their respective societies were imprinted with irreconcilably different ways of thought and systems of government and finance. He presents the French Revolution and Napoleon in a radical light as essentially regressive, Britain, for better or worse, as the progressive herald of modern liberties. The reader is placed on the gun deck, amid the cannon, smoke, blood and death, or alongside the great leaders, Pitt, Nelson, Wellington or Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ideologies Of Western Naval Power C 1500 1815
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Author : J.D. Davies
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-25
Ideologies Of Western Naval Power C 1500 1815 written by J.D. Davies and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with History categories.
This ground-breaking book provides the first study of naval ideology, defined as the mass of cultural ideas and shared perspectives that, for early modern states and belief systems, justified the creation and use of naval forces. Sixteen scholars examine a wide range of themes over a wide time period and broad geographical range, embracing Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Venice and the United States, along with the "extra-national" polities of piracy, neutrality, and international Calvinism. This volume provides important and often provocative new insights into both the growth of western naval power and important elements of political, cultural and religious history.
British Naval Power In The East 1794 1805
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Author : Peter A. Ward
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2013
British Naval Power In The East 1794 1805 written by Peter A. Ward and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
Shows how Rainier skillfully coped with the immense difficulties of maintaining British naval power in a huge area fraught with difficult circumstances. When war broke out with France in 1793, there immediately arose the threat of a renewed French challenge to British supremacy in India. This security problem was compounded in 1795 when the French overran the Netherlands and the extremely valuable Dutch trade routes and Dutch colonies, including the Cape of Good Hope and what is now Indonesia, fell under French control. The task of securing British interests in the East was a formidable one: the distanceswere huge, communication with London could take years, there were problems marshalling resources, and fine diplomatic skills were needed to keep independent rulers on the British side and to ensure full co-operation from the EastIndia Company. The person charged with overseeing this formidable task was Admiral Peter Rainier (1741-1808), commander of the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean and the East from 1794 to 1805. This book discusses the enormous difficulties Rainier faced. It outlines his career, explaining how he carried out his role with exceptional skill; how he succeeded in securing British interests in the East - whilst avoiding the need to fight a major battle; how he enhanced Britain's commanding position at sea; and how, additionally, in co-operation with the Governor-General, Richard Wellesley, he further advanced Britain's position in India itself. Peter Ward completed a PhD in naval history at the University of Exeter after a career in international personnel management, working for Californian high technology companies in the United States, Hong Kong and Europe.
Seapower
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Author : Geoffrey Till
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-02
Seapower written by Geoffrey Till and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-02 with History categories.
At the beginning of the 21st century much has remained the same in naval terms but much has changed. Geoffrey Till's study is an exploration of how change will impact upon the world's navies.
Star Trek
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Author : Duncan Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
Star Trek written by Duncan Barrett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through the discovery of ‘strange new worlds’ in space. Throughout its fifty-year history, the ‘starry sea’ has provided a familiar backdrop to an ongoing interrogation of what it means to be human. This book charts the developing Star Trek story from the 1960s through to the present day. Although the core values and progressive politics of the series’ earliest episodes have remained at the heart of Star Trek throughout half a century, in other ways the story it tells has shifted with the times. While The Original Series and The Next Generation showed a faith in science and rationalism, and in a benign liberal leadership, with Deep Space Nine and Voyager that ‘modern’ order began to decline, as religion, mental illness and fragmented identities took hold. Now fully revised and updated to include the prequel series Enterprise and the current reboot film series, this new second edition of Star Trek: The Human Frontier – published to coincide with Star Trek’s golden jubilee celebrations – addresses these issues in a range of cultural contexts, and draws together an unusual combination of expertise. Written to appeal to both the true Trekker and those who don’t know Star Trek from Star Wars, the book explores and explains the ideas and ideals behind a remarkable cultural phenomenon.
A History Of The Royal Navy
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Author : Martin Robson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12-21
A History Of The Royal Navy written by Martin Robson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-21 with History categories.
The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was the first global conflict and became the key factor in creating the British Empire. This book looks at Britain's maritime strategic, operational and tactical success (and failures), through a wide-ranging history of the Royal Navy's role in the war. By the end of the war in 1763 Britain was by no means a hegemonic power, but it was the only state capable of sustained global power projection on a global scale. Key to Britain's success was political and strategic direction from London, through the war planning of Pitt the Elder and the successful implementation of his policies by a stellar cast of naval and military leaders at an operational and tactical level. Martin Robson highlights the work of some of the key protagonists in the Royal Navy, such as Admiral Hawke whose appreciation of the wider strategic context at Quiberon Bay in 1759 decided the fate of North America, but he also provides insights into the experience of life in the lower decks at this time. Robson ultimately shows that the creation, containment and expansion of the British Empire was made possible by the exercise of maritime power through the Royal Navy.
The Myth Of The Press Gang
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Author : Jeremiah Ross Dancy
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2015
The Myth Of The Press Gang written by Jeremiah Ross Dancy and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. SHORTLISTED for the Society for Nautical Research's prestigious Anderson Medal. The press gang is generally regarded as the means by which the British navy solved the problem of recruiting enough seamen in the late eighteenth century. This book, however, based on extensive original research conducted primarily in a large number of ships' muster books, demonstrates that this view is false. It argues that, in fact, the overwhelming majority of seamen in the navy were there of their own free will. Taking a long view across the late eighteenth century but concentrating on the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of 1793-1815, the book provides great detail on the sort of men that were recruited and the means by which they were recruited, and includes a number of individuals' stories. It shows how manpower was a major concern for the Admiralty; how the Admiralty put in place a range of recruitment methods including the quota system; how it worried about depleting merchant shipping of sufficient sailors; and how, although most seamen were volunteers, the press gang was resorted to, especially during the initial mobilisation at the beginning of wars and to find certain kinds of particularly skilled seamen. The book also makes comparisons with recruitment methods employed by the navies of other countries and by the British army. J. Ross Dancy is Assistant Professor of History at Sam Houston State University.
