The Rise And Fall Of British Naval Mastery - Softcover

Kennedy, Paul M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591023742 ISBN 13: 9781591023746

Publisher: Prometheus Books, 2006

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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."
International Historical Review"

Synopsis:

First published in 1976, this book is the first detailed examination of the history of British sea power since A T Mahan's classic "The Influence of Sea Power on History", published in 1890. In analysing the reasons for the rise and fall of Great Britain as a predominant maritime nation in the period from the Tudors to the present day, Professor Kennedy sets the Royal Navy within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategical considerations. A new introduction has been added on the implications of the Falklands war, not only for the future of the British Navy, but also for the defence policies of the government of the day.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1591023742
• ISBN 13: 9781591023746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 405