Naval Power
A History of Warfare and the Sea from 1500 onwards
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Beschreibung
Man lives on land, but the seas of the world are crucial to his lot. Focusing on navies as instruments of power and analysing what they indicate about the nature of state systems and cultures all over the world, Black provides an overview of the most significant debates within the field. Organised into key historical periods and accessibly framed, this wide-ranging account emphasises the links between past and present throughout the history of naval power.
Man lives on land, but the seas of the world are crucial to his lot. Focusing on navies as instruments of power and analysing what they indicate about the nature of state systems and cultures all over the world, Black provides an overview of the most significant debates within the field. Organised into key historical periods and accessibly framed, this wide-ranging account emphasises the links between past and present throughout the history of naval power.
Jeremy Black is a high profile and prolific author who has written extensively on military power in world history
Maritime History is a topic that is growing in popularity with students, historians and general readers
The book is organized into key historical periods and is accessibly framed, emphasising the links between past and present
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Jeremy Black
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