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Paul Kennedy's absorbing and detailed work examines the reasons for Britain's rise and fall as a dominant sea power, from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural "sons of the waves", he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. He also considers the implications not only for the future of the British Navy, but also for the defence policies of government.
Setting naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, Kennedy offers a fresh approach to one of the central and enduring questions in British history.
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"As soon as it appeared in 1976, Paul M. Kennedy's magisterial survey of the historical role and significance of British seapower was recognized by serious naval historians as a work of the first importance. The book's publication in paperback provides an opportunity to recommend it to students of international relations, for its main objective is to place British naval power in broad geopolitical context. This is by far the most important survey of British naval history since Sir Herbert Richmond's Statesmen and Sea Power (1946) and in some ways it is more important."
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This work examines the reasons for Britain's rise and fall as a dominant sea power, from the Tudors to the 21st century. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural "sons of the waves", the author suggests that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. The implications for the future of the British Navy and the defence policies of government are also considered. Setting naval history within a framework of national, international, economical, political and strategic considerations, the text offers a fresh approach to one of the central and enduring questions in British history.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0141011556
- ISBN 13 9780141011554
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