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The Transformation of British Naval Strategy - Seapower and Supply in Northern Europe, 1808-1812 (Hardcover, New)
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The Transformation of British Naval Strategy - Seapower and Supply in Northern Europe, 1808-1812 (Hardcover, New)
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Shows how the system of supply was perfected during the later part
of the Napoleonic Wars, enabling fleets to stay at sea on a
permanent basis. After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued
to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of practice and
refinement had rendered it adept at executing operations - fighting
battles, blockading and convoying - across theglobe. And yet, as
late as 1807, fleets were forced from their stations due to an
ineffective provisioning system. The Transformation of British
Naval Strategy shows how sweeping administrative reforms enacted
between 1808and 1812 established a highly-effective logistical
system, changing an ineffective supply system into one which
successfully enabled a fleet to remain on station for as long as
was required. James Davey examines the logistical support provided
for fleets sent to Northern Europe during the Napoleonic War and
shows how this new supply system successfully transformed naval
operations, enabling the navy to pursue crucial objectives of
national importance, protect essential exports and imports and
attack the economies of the Napoleonic Empire. The Transformation
of British Naval Strategy is a detailed study of national policy,
administrative and political reform and strategic viability. It
delves into the nature of the British state, its relationship with
the private sector and its ability to reform itself in a time of
war. Bureaucratic restructuring represented the last stage in a
century-long process of logistical improvement. As a result of the
reforms, the navy was able to conduct operations beyond the realms
of possibility even twenty years earlier and saw the reach of its
power transformed. Military and Napoleonic historians will find
this book invaluable. JAMES DAVEY is Research Curator at the
National Maritime Museum and Visiting Lecturer at the University of
Greenwich, where he teaches British naval history.
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