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The Command of the Ocean - A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 (Paperback)
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The Command of the Ocean - A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 (Paperback)
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"The Command of the Ocean" describes with unprecedented authority
and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the
central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the
nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a
dozen languages over more than a decade, it describes not just
battles, voyages, and cruises but also how the Navy was manned,
supplied, fed, and, above all, how it was financed and directed. N.
A. M. Rodger provides convincing reassessments of such famous
figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The very particular
and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are illuminatingly
contrasted, and the world of officers and men who make up the
originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brilliantly
brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies French,
Dutch, Spanish, and American allows him to make a fresh assessment
of the qualities of the British.
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