Politics Naval of Supremacy

Klappentext Professor G. S. Graham sets broadly and clearly in perspective the limiting factors which permitted British predominance at sea in the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Professor G. S. Graham sets broadly and clearly in perspective the limiting factors which permitted British predominance at sea in the nineteenth century. He introduces the British fleet in its European! Atlantic and Indian Ocean contexts and examines the local as well as the general conditions for its superiority. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Atlantic; 2. The Indian Ocean: From the Cape to Canton; 3. The Mediterranean Corridor: Gibralter to Bombay; 4. The Illusion of 'Pax Britannica'.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald S. Graham, R. Graham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521082792
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08279-2
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Wiles Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration