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Anglo-French Naval Rivalry 1840-1870 (Hardcover)
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Anglo-French Naval Rivalry 1840-1870 (Hardcover)
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By the middle years of the nineteenth century, there seem to have
been few places on the globe where British and French commercial,
colonial, or religious interests could not clash; and thanks to the
extent and flexibility of their sea power the two rivals were able
to support these interests with naval force virtually wherever
there was enough water to float a warship. The Crimean War brought
the British and French navies, the most technologically advanced in
the world, into alliance after many years of common hostility. It
was a period of enormous technological innovation and development,
witnessing the transition from sail to screw, and the birth of the
ironclad. In this extensively researched and thorough study, C. I.
Hamilton traces the technological development of both British and
French navies and analyses the political and diplomatic policies
which formed the backdrop to the naval history of the period
1840-1870. Dr Hamilton compares the two navies in a variety of
important ways: their recruitment and training systems, dockyard
facilities, naval administrations, strategy and tactics. His book
makes a noteworthy contribution both to naval history and to our
knowledge of Anglo-French relations in the nineteenth century.
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