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Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to
great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how
navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar
challenges. The book follows the theme of multipolarity by
analysing a wide range of historical and geographical case studies,
thereby maintaining the focus of both its historical analysis and
its policy implications. It begins by looking at the evolution of
French naval policy from Louis XIV through to the end of the
nineteenth century. It then examines how the British responded to
multipolar threat environments, convoys, the challenges of
demobilization, and the persistence of British naval power in the
interwar period. There are also contributions regarding Japan's
turn away from the sea, the Italian navy, and multipolarity in the
Arctic. This volume also addresses the regional and global
distribution of forces; trade and communication protection; arms
races; the emergence of naval challengers; fleet design; logistics;
technology; civil-naval relations; and grand strategy, past,
present, and future. This book will be of much interest to students
of naval history, strategic studies and international relations
history, as well as senior naval officers.
Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to
great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how
navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar
challenges. The book follows the theme of multipolarity by
analysing a wide range of historical and geographical case studies,
thereby maintaining the focus of both its historical analysis and
its policy implications. It begins by looking at the evolution of
French naval policy from Louis XIV through to the end of the
nineteenth century. It then examines how the British responded to
multipolar threat environments, convoys, the challenges of
demobilization, and the persistence of British naval power in the
interwar period. There are also contributions regarding Japan's
turn away from the sea, the Italian navy, and multipolarity in the
Arctic. This volume also addresses the regional and global
distribution of forces; trade and communication protection; arms
races; the emergence of naval challengers; fleet design; logistics;
technology; civil-naval relations; and grand strategy, past,
present, and future. This book will be of much interest to students
of naval history, strategic studies and international relations
history, as well as senior naval officers.
Few battles in world history provide a cleaner dividing line than
Waterloo: before, there was Napoleon; after, there was the Pax
Britannica. While Waterloo marked France’s defeat and Britain’s
ascendance as an imperial power, the war was far from over for many
soldiers and sailors, who were forced to contend with the lasting
effects of battlefield trauma, the realities of an impossibly tight
labour market, and growing social unrest. The Horrible Peace
details a story of distress and discontent, of victory complicated
by volcanism, and of the challenges facing Britain at the beginning
of its victorious century. Examining the process of demobilization
and its consequences for British society, Evan Wilson draws on
archival research and veterans’ memoirs to tell the story of this
period through the experiences of veterans who struggled to
reintegrate and soldiers and sailors who remained in service as
Britain attempted to defend and expand the empire. Veterans were
indeed central to Britain’s experience of peace, as they took to
the streets to protest the government’s indifference to
widespread unemployment and misery. The fighting did not stop at
Waterloo.
This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across
Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the
professionalization of naval officers by exploring their
preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in
command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime
experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their
bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from
landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the
parameters of their shared experiences-both the similarities that
crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the
differences that can only be seen from an international
perspective.
An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading
world authorities on naval history. This book presents a wide range
of new research on many aspects of naval strategy in the early
modern and modern periods. Among the themes covered are the
problems of naval manpower, the nature of naval leadership and
naval officers, intelligence, naval training and education, and
strategic thinking and planning. The book is notable for giving
extensive consideration to navies other than those of Britain, its
empire and the United States. It explores a number of fascinating
subjects including how financial difficulties frustrated the
attempts by Louis XIV's ministers to build a strong navy; how the
absence of centralised power in the Dutch Republic had important
consequences for Dutch naval power; how Hitler's relationship with
his admirals severely affected German naval strategy during the
Second World War; and many more besides. The book is a Festschrift
in honour of John B. Hattendorf, for more than thirty years Ernest
J. King Professor of Maritime History at the US Naval War College
and an influential figure in naval affairs worldwide. N.A.M. Rodger
is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. J. Ross
Dancy is Assistant Professor of Military History at Sam Houston
State University. Benjamin Darnell is a D.Phil. candidate at New
College, Oxford. Evan Wilson is Caird Senior Research Fellow at the
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Contributors: Tim Benbow,
Peter John Brobst, Jaap R. Bruijn, Olivier Chaline, J. Ross Dancy,
Benjamin Darnell, James Goldrick, Agustin Guimera, Paul Kennedy,
Keizo Kitagawa, Roger Knight, AndrewD. Lambert, George C. Peden,
Carla Rahn Phillips, Werner Rahn, Paul M. Ramsey, Duncan Redford,
N.A.M. Rodger, Jakob Seerup, Matthew S. Seligmann, Geoffrey Till,
Evan Wilson
This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across
Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the
professionalization of naval officers by exploring their
preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in
command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime
experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their
bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from
landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the
parameters of their shared experiences-both the similarities that
crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the
differences that can only be seen from an international
perspective.
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