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The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War (Hardcover, New)
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The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War (Hardcover, New)
Series: Studies in Maritime History
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During the American Revolutionary War, Great Britain's Royal Navy
faced foes that included, in addition to American forces, the
navies of France, Spain and the Netherlands. In this operational
history of a period that proved to be a turning point for one of
the world's great naval powers, David Syrett presents a saga of
battles, blockades, great fleet cruises and, above all, failures
and lost opportunities. He explains that the British government
severely underestimated the Americans' maritime strength and how
that error led to devastating consequences. The seemingly
invincible navy failed to muster even one decisive victory during
the extensive naval conflict. Noting the complex reasons for
British failure in European waters, Syrett lays primary blame at
the feet of Britain's political leadership. He describes how Lord
North, the first lord of the Treasury and head of government,
abdicated control of Britain's military to individual members of
the cabinet. Syrett suggests that constant vacillations in policy
and strategy, which resulted from power shifts among the cabinet
ministers, prevented North's government from formulating a
comprehensive wartime strategy or providing the Royal navy with the
strategic guidance to launch a successful campaign. Syrett
concludes that Britain's inability to gain naval superiority in
European waters had a profound effect on the outcome of the
American Revolutionary War. He demonstrates how the Royal Navy's
failure to hunt down and destroy American blockade runners allowed
Yankee rebels easy access to European arms and munitions. He also
shows that the inability of the British to defeat French and
Spanish naval power off the Continent gave Bourbon monarchies the
means to aid American naval forces and to conduct naval operations
against the British in such areas as the West Indies and the Indian
Ocean.
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