Types of Naval Officers Drawn From the History of the British Navy - With Some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare

Zusammenfassung Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer and highly influential naval strategist. This study, first published in 1901, contains detailed biographies of six eighteenth-century British admirals, contrasting their command styles and tactics. It provides fascinating insights into a period of dramatic change in British naval warfare. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introductory. Conditions of naval warfare at the beginning of the eighteenth century; 2. Progress of naval warfare during the eighteenth century. Hawke: the spirit; 3. Progress of naval warfare during the eighteenth century (continued). Rodney: the form; 4. Howe: the general officer, as tactician; 5. Jervis: the general officer, as disciplinarian and strategist; 6. Saumarez: the fleet officer and division commander; 7. Pellew: the frigate captain and partisan officer; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Thayer Mahan, Mahan Alfred Thayer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9781108026239
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02623-9
• No. of pages: 538
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Naval, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Naval forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Naval forces and warfare