The 1711 Expedition to Quebec - Politics and the Limitations of British Global Strategy

Zusatztext The strength of this account is in its treatment of the English politics that launched the Quebec expedition ... The author is successful in locating an abundance of manuscript sources to document his account. Informationen zum Autor Adam Lyons is a Strategic Analyst with the Ministry of Defence. He is also Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham! UK. His research interests lie in the military! naval and colonial history of the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. The political background and impact of a British attempt to conquer French North America. Zusammenfassung In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force ever assembled to fight on the continent was dispatched and combined with colonial American units in Boston before proceeding up the St Lawrence River for Quebec. An additional colonial force set out from Albany to march on Montreal - but neither Briton nor colonist reached their respective targets.Adam Lyons looks at the expedition as a product of the turbulent political environment at the end of Queen Anne's reign and as a symbol of a shift in politics and strategy. Its failure proved to be detrimental to the reputation of the expedition's naval commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, but Lyons shows how true blame should lie with his political master, Secretary of State Henry St John, who ensured the expedition's failure by maintaining absolute control and secrecy. The 1711 Expedition to Quebec demonstrates how the expedition helped to alter British policy by renewing an interest in 'blue water', or maritime, operations that would gain dominance for Britain in commerce and at sea. This strategy would later see huge success, ultimately resulting in the fall of Quebec to Wolfe and the eventual conquest of French North America in the Seven Years War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction / 1. Colonies and Politics / 2. The Expedition's Commanders / 3. Organising the Expedition / 4. The Quebec Expedition / 5. The Aftermath of the Expedition / Conclusion / Bibliography. ...

Product details

• Authors: Adam Lyons, Dr. Adam Lyons
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9781441176448
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-7644-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Continuum Studies in Military; Bloomsbury Studies in Military History; Continuum Studies in Military
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, International Relations, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, North America (USA and Canada), Naval forces and warfare