Historical explanations need to keep step with the march of
research if they are not to degenerate into empty cliches. It has
long been a commonplace of 17th century history that the
Anglo-Dutch Wars were the product of 'commercial rivalry'. This
essay, first published twenty years ago, attempted to analyse and
redefine this overworked traditional concept so as to explain more
precisely how it led to naval wars between the Dutch and the
English. Two idees fixes of contemporary English thought seemed
especially significant; one was the persistent consciousness of
English inferiority and backwardness in economic affairs when
compared with the Dutch; the other, compounding this, was the
equally persistent conviction that strategically, England seemed
well placed to wreck the Dutch maritime economy and bring the
Republic to her knees in a naval war. These obsessive beliefs
combined naturally with the specific influences and motives of
powerful political and commercial lobbies to stoke the fires of
aggression. Failing over several decades to make any visible
progress by more or less peaceful policies, they turned, first, to
economic warfare by means of propaganda and pseudo-legal claims to
maritime sovereignty; finally (in 1652) to all-out eco nomic and
naval warfare."
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Release date: |
July 1978 |
| First published: |
1978 |
| Authors: |
Charles Wilson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
170 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-247-2083-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
90-247-2083-4 |
| Barcode: |
9789024720835 |
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