| Contents |
European Navies and princely power / Alan James -- The seventeenth century: a first age of modern naval warfare / Alan James -- Globalisation and escalation, 1715-1815 / Alan James -- The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1854 / Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza -- The collapse of the congress system / Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza -- The age of empire, 1870-1914 / Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza -- The First World War. blockade, neutrality, and the submarine / Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza -- 1919-1939, a time of fractured peace / Malcolm Murfett -- European Navies and the war at sea, 1939-42 / Malcolm Murfett -- Redemption, 1943-45 / Malcolm Murfett. |
| Abstract |
"European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European Navies have operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea. Chronological in structure, the book is the ideal resource for students and scholars of naval and military history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Naval history. |
| LCCN | 2018009042 |
| ISBN | 9780415678902 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0415678900 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9780415678919 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0415678919 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
